Messages sent with header only, SYSERR(root): readqf: cannot open

[Alex Neuman van der Hans]

I just realized my sendmail doesn't have flock (installed from RPM on
Fedora)... Can there be any dire consequences if it was set for flock
(probably an inherited setting from an older installation)? I just set it to
posix now.

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Of Julian Field
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 6:43 AM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Messages sent with header only, SYSERR(root): readqf: cannot
open

Do a
/usr/sbin/sendmail -d0.1 -bt </dev/null
and see if the output contains HASFLOCK. If it doesn't then set "Lock Type =
posix" in MailScanner.conf.

Dawson, Alan wrote:

>I'm seeing a few messages that seem to get sent twice, the first time
>with only the header, then the full message later.
>
>/var/log/mail shows entries like
>
>Nov 22 12:20:28 charon sendmail[16998]: iAMCKBqG016952: SYSERR(root):
>readqf: cannot open ./dfiAMCKBqG016952: No such file or directory
>
>
>I've googled for this and found
>
>http://www.talkroot.com/archivee/index.php/t-3023__SYSERR(root):_readqf
>:_can
>not_open.html
>
>which suggests some file locking issues
>
>I'm running
>Sendmail 8.12.10 from SuSE Linux 9.0
>
>with MailScanner 4.35.11
>
>I notice in the depths of the MailScanner.conf
>
># How to lock spool files.
># Don't set this unless you *know* you need to.
># For sendmail, it defaults to "flock".
># For sendmail 8.13 onwards, you will probably need to change it to posix.
># For Exim, it defaults to "posix".
># No other type is implemented.
>Lock Type =
>
>
>Do i "need to"  and how would I know ?
>
>

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