[TriLUG] sendmail restarting after being stopped

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Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> 
> Even when the sendmail service is stopped, local programs can still call
> /usr/sbin/sendmail and start sending mail.  Is this what you mean?  The
> sendmail "service" is primarily the SMTP listener part of the
> application; other parts are run directly, depending on the situation.

no, i mean that '/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop' will say [FAILED]
when the service has actually been stopped.. but a moment later
trying to stop it again will say [OK] indicating that the daemon
has been restarted.  *some*thing is restarting rhe daemon.
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