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[Arthur Sherman]

'ps aux' shows this and mail doesn't flow:
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root      2989  0.0  0.3  9456 3364 ?        Ss   22:27   0:00 sendmail:
accepting connections
smmsp     2999  0.0  0.2  8196 2804 ?        Ss   22:27   0:00 sendmail:
Queue runner at 01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
root      3171  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    22:30   0:00 [MailScanner]
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root      3172  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    22:30   0:00 [MailScanner]
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root      3173  0.2  0.0     0    0 ?        Z    22:30   0:00 [MailScanner]
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What to do?

Please help!


Best,

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Arthur Sherman

+972-52-4878851
CPTeam