Re: Cannot open mailer: No such file or directory

[Jean Louis]

* Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> [2021-05-10 18:28]:
> Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> ha escrit:
> 
> >> This means that you are using a "prog" mailer ('prog://COMMAND') and
> >> its COMMAND part does not exist on the filesystem.  Note, that command
> >> should be given as an absolute pathname, otherwise, the result will
> >> depend on cwd.
> >
> > I have not ever set such option. I do not have it in ~/.mailutils
> 
> I'm not sure what "option" are you talking about.
> 
> Let's start from the beginning.  Please run the following command
> and show me the output it gives:
> 
>   mail --config-lint --config-verbose

I see now, it expects sendmail in /usr/sbin and I have it in different
place, but in PATH, I was somehow thinking it wants it in the PATH.

Now it works, I placed symlink in /usr/sbin, thus it is solved. Thank you.


$ mail --config-lint --config-verbose
mail: opening configuration file 
/package/mail/mailutils-2021-05-08/etc/mailutils.conf
mail: configuration file /package/mail/mailutils-2021-05-08/etc/mailutils.conf 
doesn't exist
mail: opening configuration file /home/data1/protected/.mail
mail: configuration file /home/data1/protected/.mail doesn't exist


> Then, please run
> 
>   PAGER= mail -E set -E quit


$ PAGER= mail -E set -E quit
mail: mu_prog_stream_create() failed: Invalid argument
PID=2938
append
appenddeadletter
ask
autoinc
byname
charset="auto"
columns=157
crt
editheaders
emptystart
escape="~"
folder="/home/data1/protected/Maildir"
fromfield
header
headline="%>%a%4m %18f %16d %3L/%-5o %s"
indentprefix="  "
inplacealiases
keep
metamail
mode="read"
nullbody
nullbodymsg="Null message body; hope that's ok"
prompt="mail> "
rc
record="~/Maildir/~t"
recursivealiases
regex
replyprefix="Re: "
save
screen=16
sendmail="sendmail:/usr/sbin/sendmail"
toplines=5
xmailer
/package/mail
$ 


For this error: mail: mu_prog_stream_create() failed: Invalid argument

I think it appears because I run it within Emacs shell.

Jean Louis