Subject: alias and sendmail.cf

From: "STEVE CONRAD" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:44:33 PDT

Dear Pine People,

I used an alias file to create a distribution list to many many people.  If 
the file has more than 6 users, it queues it but never sends.  If less than 
6, no problem.  I ran sendmail -bv and it looks good, I ran sendmail -bm 
-q90m to make sure and clear the queue but it doesn't, when I run sendmail 
-bp their are tons of messages from the alias file sitting there.  Also, can 
I clear the queue by
mv /var/spool/mqueue /var/spool/mqueue.old and then mk /var/spool/mqueue ?
I know this isnt really a pine question but we are using 3.95 on hpux 10.2 
and I didn't have a better place to ask.
As usual, thank you in advance.

Sincerely,

Steve conrad
System Admin
McGuire Bearing Co.

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From: Jessica Rasku <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 15:57:58 -0700 (PDT)

On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, STEVE CONRAD wrote:

> -bp their are tons of messages from the alias file sitting there.  

	I don't know about what all the options youu are passing mean, so
I can't really say if any of that is ``wrong'', but I wonder if it could
be that when you get over 6 users, the alias is not being stored properly?
Or, maybe, what is happening is it's not delivering to one (or more), of
the users, so the message remains queued, even though it's delivered to
all of the addresses except a few?  Have you tried sending to the list
that you are using directly (ie. not using the alias)?  

> Also, can 

	That would clear the queue, or if there is a specific message that
is sitting there you can remove it by simply deleting it (I think there is
a control file, and the message).  I am not ``live'' so if I send a
message to say joesmith@[123.213.12.4] it ends up not clearing my queue
unfortunately.  (I think I have that format correct, yes I do, now I need
to clear that message.  Naw, I'll just let it expire...

							Jessica

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From: "Eduardo Chappa L." <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:26:00 -0700 (PDT)

\{fl:Hello} Steve,

The way I would attack a problem like this would be to write a script that
sends the mail from the your list one by one. This is easy to write, and
your problem will go away.

\{fl;Eduardo}\ 
http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/personal.html