since F20 update, cron has stopped sending mail

Fri Jan 3 15:43:21 UTC 2014

On 01/03/2014 09:37 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 09:22:17AM -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
>> On 01/03/2014 09:16 AM, Steve Searle wrote:
>>> Around 03:13pm on Friday, January 03, 2014 (UK time), Steven Stern wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any idea what I need to do to get my cron email restored?
>>>
>>> Check if you have sendmail installed - it is no longer installed by
>>> default on Fedora 20 and the default installation will no longer handle
>>> local mail.
>>>
>>> There is a long and entertaining thread about this if you like that sort
>>> of thing :-)
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Sendmail is running.  Other services (like yum-updatesd) are properly
>> sending mail.
>>
>>
>> $ ps -ef |grep sendmail
>> root      1803     1  0 09:17 ?        00:00:00 sendmail: accepting
>> connections
>> smmsp     1828     1  0 09:17 ?        00:00:00 sendmail: Queue
>> runner at 01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
> 
> What does the following tell you?
> 
>   # journalctl -ru sendmail
> 

They tell me sendmail is running. The problem is with cron, not sendmail

-- Logs begin at Tue 2013-07-02 15:02:44 CDT, end at Fri 2014-01-03
09:41:58 CST. --
Jan 03 09:17:56 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Started Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent.
Jan 03 09:17:56 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: PID file
/run/sendmail.pid not readable (yet?) after start.
Jan 03 09:17:56 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1803]: starting
daemon (8.14.7): SMTP+queueing at 01:00:00
Jan 03 09:17:56 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Starting Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent...
Jan 03 09:17:56 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Stopping Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent...
Jan 03 09:17:49 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Started Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent.
Jan 03 09:17:49 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1082]: starting
daemon (8.14.7): SMTP+queueing at 01:00:00
Jan 03 09:17:49 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Starting Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent...
-- Reboot --
Jan 03 09:16:24 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Stopped Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent.
Jan 03 09:16:24 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local systemd[1]: Stopping Sendmail
Mail Transport Agent...
Jan 03 08:19:25 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]: DIGEST-MD5
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Jan 03 08:19:25 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]: DIGEST-MD5
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Jan 03 08:19:25 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]:
s03EJMEh006753: to=<root at sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:03,
xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=relay, pri=132148, relay=smtp.gmai
Jan 03 08:19:23 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6755]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 03 08:19:22 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6753]:
s03EJMEh006753: from=<root at sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=12148,
class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401031419.s03EJHrL00
Jan 03 07:25:43 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6233]: DIGEST-MD5
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Jan 03 07:25:43 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6233]:
s03DPePs006231: to=<sdstern at sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:03,
xdelay=00:00:03, mailer=relay, pri=230331, r
Jan 03 07:25:41 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6233]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 03 07:25:40 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[6231]:
s03DPePs006231: from=<sdstern at sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=2331,
class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401031215.s03CF1
Jan 03 05:18:35 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[5226]: DIGEST-MD5
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Jan 03 05:18:35 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[5226]: DIGEST-MD5
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Jan 03 05:18:35 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[5226]:
s03BIXeu005224: to=<root at sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:02,
xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=131029, relay=smtp.gmai
Jan 03 05:18:34 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[5226]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 03 05:18:33 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[5224]:
s03BIXeu005224: from=<root at sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=11029,
class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401031118.s03BIX6G00
Jan 03 03:21:07 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[4029]: DIGEST-MD5
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Jan 03 03:21:07 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[4029]: DIGEST-MD5
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Jan 03 03:21:07 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[4029]:
s039L4E5004027: to=<root at sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:03,
xdelay=00:00:03, mailer=relay, pri=234698, rela
Jan 03 03:21:05 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[4029]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 03 03:21:04 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[4027]:
s039L4E5004027: from=<root at sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=6698,
class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401030921.s039L4CZ0
Jan 03 02:18:35 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[3195]: DIGEST-MD5
common mech free
Jan 03 02:18:35 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[3195]: DIGEST-MD5
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Jan 03 02:18:34 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[3195]:
s038IWjF003193: to=<root at sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:01,
xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=131029, relay=smtp.gmai
Jan 03 02:18:33 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[3195]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 03 02:18:33 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[3193]:
s038IWjF003193: from=<root at sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=11029,
class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401030818.s038IWRY00
Jan 02 23:19:55 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1612]: DIGEST-MD5
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Jan 02 23:19:54 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1612]:
s035JqjF001610: to=<root at sterndata.com>, delay=00:00:02,
xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=relay, pri=131029, relay=smtp.gmai
Jan 02 23:19:53 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1612]:
STARTTLS=client, relay=smtp.gmail.com, version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL,
cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, bits=1
Jan 02 23:19:52 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[1610]:
s035JqjF001610: from=<root at sds-desk-2.sterndata.com>, size=11029,
class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201401030519.s035JpPu00
Jan 02 06:20:37 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[13694]: DIGEST-MD5
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Jan 02 06:20:37 sds-desk-2.sterndata.local sendmail[13694]: DIGEST-MD5
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-- Steve