[rt-users] Mail suddenly quit -- Email.pm line 405 -- sendmailpipe

[Kevin Falcone]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 08:21:36AM -0500, Brian Lawson wrote:
> Kevin,
> 
> I didn't change the SendMailPath.  Ahhh.  That might be a problem.  I
> just looked in my RT_Config.pm file (because SendMailPath is not set in
> RT_SiteConfig.pm) and it has the following: "Set($SendmailPath,
> 'sendmailpipe');"  Since this is case sensitive and the 'm' in 'mail' is
> lower case, that might be the problem. Correct?

Having SendmailPath set to something other than a path to a sendmail
binary is almost certainly causing errors.
You seem to be confusing SendmailPath and MailCommand, I suggest
reviewing their docs in RT_Congif.pm

-kevin

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> [mailto:rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com] On Behalf Of Kevin
> Falcone
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 1:22 PM
> To: rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com
> Subject: Re: [rt-users] Mail suddenly quit -- Email.pm line 405 --
> sendmailpipe
> 
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:55:14AM -0500, Brian Lawson wrote:
> >    I got it working by changing sendmailpipe to just sendmail and
> removing the "-t" option on the
> >    commands, but I still want to understand why it quit all of a
> sudden.
> 
> You don't say what version you're running, but most likely your
> SendmailPath was wrong.  sendmailpipe is not a program, but instead it
> tells RT to open a pipe to the sendmail command.
> 
> -kevin
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> >
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> >    From: rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com
> >    [mailto:rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com] On Behalf Of
> Brian Lawson
> >    Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 9:01 AM
> >    To: rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com
> >    Subject: [rt-users] Mail suddenly quit -- Email.pm line 405 --
> sendmailpipe
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    Newbie here.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    I have not changed anything in the RT_Config.pm and
> RT_SiteConfig.pm does not remap
> >    $MailCommand to anything else.
> > 
> >    Suddenly today I see the following message in the syslog:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    Mar 25 08:38:28 helpdesk RT: Can't exec "sendmailpipe": No such
> file or directory at
> >    /opt/rt3/bin/../lib/RT/Interface/Email.pm line 405.
> >    (/opt/rt3/bin/../lib/RT/Interface/Email.pm:405)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    I have not been able to find the sendmailpipe executable, and do
> not know where it was
> >    previously.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >    Can anyone help?
> > 
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