Public bug reported: I'm supporting an XEmacs/VM user. When he sends mail through VM, it calls "/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -oem -odb -t". This was failing in various ways so I finally traced it to see what was happening. I found that the -odb switch is causing ssmtp to ignore ssmtp.conf.
% strace -f /usr/lib/sendmail -t </tmp/letter 2>&1 | grep ssmtp ~ open("/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/etc/ssmtp/revaliases", O_RDONLY) = 3 % strace -f /usr/lib/sendmail -odb -t </tmp/letter 2>&1 | grep ssmtp ~ open("/etc/ssmtp/revaliases", O_RDONLY) = 3 ** Affects: ssmtp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1356597 Title: sendmail doesn't read /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf if called with -odb To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/1356597/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs