random troll <RussellBell@gmail.com> wrote:

> I run a private queue (I have my reasons) on a system on which I don't
> have root privileges. I use my own sendmail.cf. Recently I stopped
> getting
> error reports back. They ended up in the queue with the complaint
> 'alias database unavailable' and stayed there (because I carelessly
> set
> my doublebounceaddress to my address). The headers have the
> authentication warning that the message was sent with a non-root
> sendmail.cf, and all the messages that go out use my alias database
> successfully, just not error messages.
>
> What makes this happen? Why would it change? I had a sendmail.cf
> for 8.12.4 when the host had changed to 8.13.6 at some point.

grep you custom-sendmail.cf for word alias and post the results

grep -ni alias your-custom-sendmail.cf

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