Sendmail and genericstable.db

From: Doug Laidlaw (laidlaws_at_myaccess.com.au)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:08:01 +1000

Setting up sendmail on a solo computer.

Trying to send a test message to myself, I get an error in the log that the
above file is missing from /etc/mail/ . This seems to be a common problem
from posts in Google, but I haven't found a real answer. The simplest
solution would be to create one. How do I go about this? I assume that an
empty file would not be sufficient.

A message sent to an "outsider" was sent according to KMail and is not in
the cache with the failed test message. Can I assume that it duly got to
my ISP?

Using Mandrake 9.2.

Doug. 

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Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
        -- Longfellow.

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