On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 21:50, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > In particular, sendmail starts with priority 80 and spf-milter with 79. > But, spf-milter always dies and sendmail doesn't accept any email. If > i then do "service spf-milter restart" the milter comes right up runs > and sendmail starts accepting emails. Wierd. I'm going to play with > the startup priority (79, 80, 81) for spf-milter and report back on my > success (if I have any). > > (no, there is no information in either the messages or maillog logfiles, > I've looked, as to why spf-milter dies upon initial startup.) Which spf-milter package are you using? Perl, C, other? Pre-built or made yourself? The one I use definitely starts up before sendmail and doesn't bomb out straight away. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>