Sendmail 8.12.3 warning with mailscanner

[Brent Emerson]

I've just installed mailscanner with sendmail 8.12.2 and am seeing the
same warning, always generated by the sendmail instance used to deliver a
just-scanned message.

Is mailscanner calling sendmail with closed standard file descriptors?

brent emerson
techforpeople


> Date:         Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:03:25 -0700
> Reply-To:     MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Sender:       MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> From:         David Closson <davidclosson at MSN.COM>
> Subject:      Sendmail 8.12.3 warning with mailscanner
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> This warning was issued after setting up mailscanner:
>
> sendmail[9672]: File descriptors missing on startup: stdout, stderr; Bad
> file descriptor
>
> I have read that this is caused if stdin, stdout, or stderr are missing
> at sendmail startup (as the error indicates).
>
> _________ Sincerely, David Closson 209-728-8199