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Date:      Wed, 11 Oct 2000 02:13:54 +0200 (CEST)
From:      wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/21899: mailwrapper(8) does not wrap /bin/rmail
Message-ID:  <m13j9Ws-003pRvC@lyxys.ka.sub.org>

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>Number:         21899
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       mailwrapper does not wrap /bin/rmail
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 10 17:30:02 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Wolfgang Zenker
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.1.1-STABLE i386
>Organization:
private site
>Environment:

	FreeBSD 4.* after switching to different MTA after
	previous use of sendmail

>Description:

	When you switch from sendmail to a different mailer by configuring
	this different mailer in /etc/mail/mailer.conf, sendmails old
	/bin/rmail still stays around and is not redirected via mailwrapper.
	At least in the case of the new mailer being smail (installed from
	ports), /bin/rmail no longer works. I did not check the details,
	maybe it calls sendmail with options not supported by smail.
	The mailwrapper(8) man-page gives no caveat about /bin/rmail.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Install smail from ports; do NOT "make replace" (this tries to
	overwrite sendmail instead of using mailwrapper) and configure
	/etc/mail/mailer.conf to use smail.

>Fix:

	Delete /bin/rmail and tell uucp to use /usr/local/bin/rmail.
	Add a warning about /bin/rmail to BUGS-Section of mailwrapper
	-manpage.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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