Why so many sendmail processes exist?

We haven't configured the sendmail and this sun server not used as mail server or gateway. $ ps -ef |grep sendmail smmsp 6102 5956 9 14:55:01 ? 6:20 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m smmsp 5956 1 0 14:25:01 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m smmsp 5957 5956 9 14:25:01 ? 13:47 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m smmsp 6060 5956 9 14:40:01 ? 9:44 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m user1 6179 5125 0 15:14:10 pts/2 0:00 grep sendmail smmsp 6160 5956 1 15:10:01 ? 0:10 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m $ uname -a SunOS sun_server1 5.9 Generic_117171-07 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise $ pkginfo -l SUNWsndmu PKGINST: SUNWsndmu NAME: Sendmail user CATEGORY: system ARCH: sparc VERSION: 11.9.0,REV=2002.04.06.15.27 BASEDIR: / VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc. DESC: sendmail user PSTAMP: leo20030923154856 INSTDATE: Jun 16 2005 10:19 HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider STATUS: completely installed FILES: 106 installed pathnames 8 shared pathnames 16 directories 14 executables 2 setuid/setgid executables 5581 blocks used (approx) Thanks

newbie wrote: > We haven't configured the sendmail and this sun server not used as mail > server or gateway. > > $ ps -ef |grep sendmail > smmsp 6102 5956 9 14:55:01 ? 6:20 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m > smmsp 5956 1 0 14:25:01 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m > smmsp 5957 5956 9 14:25:01 ? 13:47 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m > smmsp 6060 5956 9 14:40:01 ? 9:44 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m > user1 6179 5125 0 15:14:10 pts/2 0:00 grep sendmail > smmsp 6160 5956 1 15:10:01 ? 0:10 /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m the processes are exactly 15 minutes apart, I suspect there is something in the mail queue that is hanging (-q15m tries to process the queue every 15 minutes). Check /var/spool/mqueue/ perhaps also /var/spool/clientmqueue/ and of course /var/log/syslog

Thanks for your help. yes, too many mails hung in /var/spool/clientmqueue/, /var/log/syslog showed following: Jul 26 08:51:41 sun_server1 sendmail[1342]: [ID 801593 mail.info] k6O3nVlR002113: to=postmaster, delay=1+13:26:45, xdelay=00:00:00, mai ler=relay, pri=2463569, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] Jul 26 08:51:41 sun_server1 sendmail[2206]: [ID 801593 mail.info] k6P8Cmp3000594: to=postmaster, delay=14:46:16, xdelay=00:00:00, maile r=relay, pri=3276978, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] Jul 26 08:51:41 sun_server1 sendmail[2206]: [ID 801593 mail.info] k6P8Cmp3000594: to=postmaster, delay=14:46:16, xdelay=00:00:00, maile r=relay, pri=3276978, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] # more /etc/hosts # # Internet host table # 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.86.2.9 sun_server05 sun_server05.abced.com loghost 10.86.2.10 sun_server06 sun_server06.abced.com loghost how to fix it? Thanks again "Oscar del Rio" <delrio@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:ea52p0$b58$1@news.mie... > newbie wrote: >> We haven't configured the sendmail and this sun server not used as mail >> server or gateway. >> >> $ ps -ef |grep sendmail >> smmsp 6102 5956 9 14:55:01 ? 6:20 >> /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m >> smmsp 5956 1 0 14:25:01 ? 0:00 >> /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m >> smmsp 5957 5956 9 14:25:01 ? 13:47 >> /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m >> smmsp 6060 5956 9 14:40:01 ? 9:44 >> /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m >> user1 6179 5125 0 15:14:10 pts/2 0:00 grep sendmail >> smmsp 6160 5956 1 15:10:01 ? 0:10 >> /usr/lib/sendmail -Ac -q15m > > the processes are exactly 15 minutes apart, I suspect there is something > in the mail queue that is hanging (-q15m tries to process the queue every > 15 minutes). > Check /var/spool/mqueue/ perhaps also /var/spool/clientmqueue/ > and of course /var/log/syslog

newbie wrote: > yes, too many mails hung in /var/spool/clientmqueue/, /var/log/syslog Enable sendmail locally, forward postmaster e-mail to a real person http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1717/6mhe95f69?q=sendmail&a=view

Thanks again. "Oscar del Rio" <delrio@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:eaa6n7$nt9$1@news.mie... > newbie wrote: >> yes, too many mails hung in /var/spool/clientmqueue/, /var/log/syslog > > Enable sendmail locally, forward postmaster e-mail to a real person > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1717/6mhe95f69?q=sendmail&a=view

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