From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] SMTP mail From: forsyth@vitanuova.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-hlxnjcilmnsyggwudrkpjwtxhh" Message-Id: <20001219103941.1C2C3199D5@mail.cse.psu.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:44:24 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3a457192-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-hlxnjcilmnsyggwudrkpjwtxhh Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i'd also check /sys/log/mail --upas-hlxnjcilmnsyggwudrkpjwtxhh Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-2.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@vitanuova.com id 977218464:21:07817:3; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:34:24 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by punt-2.mail.demon.net id aa2016165; 19 Dec 2000 9:34 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.18.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id B6519199E3; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 04:34:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost.local (localhostnl.demon.nl [195.11.248.215]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with SMTP id 09388199D5 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 04:33:48 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 261 invoked by uid 1001); 19 Dec 2000 09:30:26 -0000 To: cse.psu.edu!9fans Subject: Re: [9fans] SMTP mail Message-ID: <20001219103026.A223@localhost.local> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from nigel@9fs.org on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 07:39:28AM +0000 Sender: cse.psu.edu!9fans-admin Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: cse.psu.edu!9fans List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Fans of the O/S Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:30:26 +0100 On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 07:39:28AM +0000, nigel@9fs.org wrote: > Yes, it is obvious that > > 1) your listener is not running (check for existence of /rc/bin/service/tcp25) yes, it exists > 2) the listener cannot launch /rc/bin/service/tcp25 > 3) upas/smtpd fails to run to the point at which it writes out the banner > > > Make sure the file /sys/log/listen exists and is append only and world read/write. Here is part of the content of "/sys/log/listen" as I was trying to start aux/listen via different combinations. "aux/listen tcp" looks like worked OK. Dec 19 00:43:58 started Dec 19 00:47:10 tcp call for tcp25 on chan /net/tcp/18 (194.159.73.25) Dec 19 00:52:12 tcp call for tcp25 on chan /net/tcp/18 (194.159.73.25) Dec 19 00:56:24 started Dec 19 00:57:10 tcp call for tcp25 on chan /net/tcp/18 (194.159.73.25) Dec 19 01:30:56 started Dec 19 01:43:35 started Dec 19 01:48:54 started Maybe my /ndb/local is missing something (or badly written by me) causing nothing to connect right? (speculation) Bill --upas-hlxnjcilmnsyggwudrkpjwtxhh--