From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 30 05:53:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA29011 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 05:53:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA28942 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 05:52:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nadav@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id OAA20051; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 14:51:37 +0200 (IST) Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 14:51:37 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron To: Gary Chrysler cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/daily, Mail queue, No Control file! In-Reply-To: <199609301119.HAA28745@ime.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Gary Chrysler wrote: > > mail: > Mail Queue (1 request) > --Q-ID-- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ------------Sender/Recipient------------ > CAA02204* (no control file) > > Could someone please tell me how to get rid of this 'no control file' > message! > I have searched everywhere for the culprit. > /var/mqueue is empty! > Where else is mail info maintianed! > > Thanks! > > -Enjoy > Gary > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours > The Borg... Where minds meet > (207) 929-3848 > > I have them too, and I guess they are benign. The /etc/daily is run with its output redirected into sendmail (so you the message you get is simply the output of the script). I'd bet that if you'll check your /var/log/maillog files you'll see that the message in question (i.e. CAA02204) is simply the /etc/daily message itself. It simply starts to get sent while it is still created. The warning is from the invocation of mailq as one of the last commands in /etc/daily, and note the asterisk near the ID of the message indicating that it is locked (since it is currently being sent). Nadav