Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: ns_sendmail

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2: Re: ns_sendmail (response to 1)
Posted by Mat Kovach on 08/21/03 10:25 PM
ns_sendmail is defined in /usr/local/aolserver/modules/tcl/sendmail.tcl

It is not part of OpenACS.

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3: Re: ns_sendmail (response to 2)
Posted by James Bennin on 08/21/03 10:36 PM
Thank you for letting me know.  But isnt it used in OpenACS?  I believe so because in my error log I keep getting this error:

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[21/Aug/2003:16:41:29][4410.237579][-sched:9-] Error: ns_sendmail failed: could not connect to "localhost:25"
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4: Re: ns_sendmail (response to 2)
Posted by Mat Kovach on 08/21/03 10:49 PM
Yes, it is used in OpenACS.  The problem you are having is that (as the error messages states), your machine can not connect to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 25.

Do you have a mail server running on the server?
netstat -na | grep 25

Can you telnet to localhost, port 25
telnet localhost 25

You might have to change the settings in the your conifg file to point to a working mail server on your network:
ns_param  mailhost        smtp.yourcompany.com ;# SMTP host for ns_sendmail