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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 12:48:11 -0500
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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To: gert_de_boer AT ch DOT schindler DOT com
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Subject: Re: Antwort: Re: mutt and ssmtp on Cygwin on Windows Server 2003 'child exited 127'
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> On Wed, 19 May 2004, gert_de_boer wrote:
>
> > Somehow I do not succeed in configuring mutt or ssmtp with Cygwin on a
> > Windows 2003 server.
> >
> > As an example of what happens:
> >
> > $ echo hallo | mutt -s new_test myname AT mycompany DOT com
> > Error sending message, child exited 127 (Exec error.).
> > Could not send the message.

You might try to strace mutt and examine the output for clues.  See "man
strace" for details.

> > The error is exactly the same as when I have a wrong 'sendmail'
> > defined in my .muttrc on a server where cygwin runs without any
> > problem.  However I defined it correct: set sendmail=/usr/sbin/ssmtp

You might add .exe and see if that helps.

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Brian Ford
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VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
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