From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 5 9:32:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pc-62-31-80-192-ll.blueyonder.co.uk (pc-62-31-80-192-ll.blueyonder.co.uk [62.31.80.192]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B3B4537B417 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 09:32:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 185 invoked from network); 5 Apr 2002 17:32:29 -0000 Received: from spatula.home (HELO cream.org) (192.168.0.4) by myriad.home with SMTP; 5 Apr 2002 17:32:29 -0000 Message-ID: <3CADDFFA.50203@cream.org> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 18:33:46 +0100 From: Andrew Boothman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020312 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Keith Spencer Cc: fbsd Subject: Re: Whats this PS message mean?>QMail on F..ree B..ut S..o D..ifficult References: <20020405115106.95954.qmail@web12003.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Keith Spencer wrote: > Hi all,I seem to constantly run up against brick walls > with FBSD. I have to get a medal for persistence I > reckon! > Folks I am trying to install qmail. I have followed > one of the many howtos around (Lifewithqmail). > When qmail autostarts from the rc script etc a ps -ax > yields this... > > What's this process error mean. How can I fix it (if > in fact its broken?) I got qmail installed a few weeks back, so we should be able to get you running! :-) Did you install from ports? This is probably the best way. You should make sure you read all the files that the port tells you to. In particular the port creates a symbolic link from /usr/local/etc/rc.d/qmail.sh to /var/qmail/rc but YOU have to copy the right startup file from /var/qmail/boot to /var/qmail/rc in order for it to get started. I uses /var/qmail/boot/maildir as I wanted Maildir delivery. You should select one. > Looks like qmail-send isn't working or is it? It doesn't sound like it. There are a few qmail-* processes that should show up under ps -ax > It is supposed to be UP for > 1 second. > I would really appreciate help here. As usual I have > no clue. I am trying but the FreeBSD learning curve is > VERY steep :( It sure is! Keep persevering (sp?)! I remember only a few years back when everything seemed so difficult, like the OS was fighting against you. Just remember that the harder you have to fight to get something to work, the more you enjoy it when it does. ;-) One last thought is that changing mail systems isn't really for the faint of heart. If you are really just starting out, perhaps you should concentrate on getting other parts of your system running sweetly? Have you got X working how you want? All your devices working OK? Don't let me put you off of course.... There's nothing wrong with fixing something when it isn't broken! :-) Andrew. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message