
	CHECK LIST BEFORE ASKING

				Ken'ichi Fukamachi

In this document, % means a shell prompt, # means a "root" shell
prompt .

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1	Common things over problems
1.1	Check FML's log file? 
1.2	fml version ?
1.3	Check MTA's log?

2	fundamental checks
2.1	Search keywords on problems over fml documents?
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1	Common things over problems

1.1	Check FML's log file? 

Please see $DIR/log (e.g. /var/spool/ml/elena) to check fml log ?
Can you find some error messages?

1.2	fml version ?

run

	% /usr/local/fml/makefml showconf

*  What is MTA(Mail Transport Agent) and the version?

For example, 

	sendmail PRO?(Sendmail INC.)	
	sendmail (free?)
	qmail
	exim
	vmailer
	smail
	MMDF:)
	..........

Please TRY like this!

	% telnet localhost 25
	Trying 127.0.0.1...
	Connected to localhost.fml.org.
	Escape character is '^]'.
	220 beth.fml.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.1/3.6W; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:39:14 +0900 (JST)

*	What is Perl version ?

	% perl -v
	This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-netbsd

	Copyright 1987-1999, Larry Wall

1.3	Check MTA's log?

2	fundamental checks

2.1	Search keywords on problems over fml documents?

Search keywords on your problem over fml documents ?

	http://www.fml.org/fml/search-j.html (Japanese)
	http://www.fml.org/fml/search-e.html (English)

*	Check entries in /etc/aliases? You did newaliases?

	Sendmail uses /etc/mail/aliases not /etc/aliases ?

* Error mails can tell you the reason of errors. Please check it
before asking.

	error		origin
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	unsafe		permission of files or directories
			check along the full path
	loop		/etc/aliases miss-configuration
			you did not newaliases ?
	user unknown	no such user
			/etc/aliases miss-configuration
			did not newaliases ?

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