[ale] Sendmail after restarting network

[Robert L. Harris]

Being on a dhcp cable modem I have to deal with my network going away
every now and then.  Usually it's not much of a proble, but sometimes
afterwards I stop receiving email.  When this happens I restart sendmail and
I get this:

{0}:wally:/var/log>/etc/init.d/sendmail start  
Starting mail transport agent: <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78DdOWp004454> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78DfuWp004465> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78DgpWp004469> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78DiDWp004472> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78DjdWp004475> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78DmRWp004478> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78DvlWp004492> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78DxEWp004495> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78E00Wp004506> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78E2jWp004521> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78E6UWp004525> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78E87Wp004528> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78E9QWp004530> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78EGCWp004550> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Dff78EJFWp004554> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Qff78DdOWp004454> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Qff78DfuWp004465> <panic: /var/spool/mqueue/Qff78DgpWp004469> <panic: /var/spoo


It usually scrolls a good bit farther but I cut it down.  I look in 
/var/spool/mqueue and I see this:

-rw-r-----    1 root     mail         2601 Aug  8 08:06 Dff78E6UWp004525
-rw-r-----    1 root     mail         2895 Aug  8 08:08 Dff78E87Wp004528
-rw-r-----    1 root     mail         2998 Aug  8 08:09 Dff78E9QWp004530
-rw-r-----    1 root     mail         3073 Aug  8 08:16 Dff78EGCWp004550
-rw-r-----    1 root     mail         2632 Aug  8 08:19 Dff78EJFWp004554
.
.
-rw-r-----    1 root     mail         1065 Aug  8 08:06 Qff78E6UWp004525
-rw-r-----    1 root     mail          986 Aug  8 08:08 Qff78E87Wp004528
-rw-r-----    1 root     mail         1065 Aug  8 08:09 Qff78E9QWp004530
-rw-r-----    1 root     mail         1065 Aug  8 08:16 Qff78EGCWp004550
-rw-r-----    1 root     mail         1065 Aug  8 08:19 Qff78EJFWp004554

no lowercase q or d either.   


In order to get mail working again I have to stop mail, rm all the files
and restart them.


Any thoughts on what's causing this?  It works great 99% of the time and
only gives me grief when the cable modem gets hosed.


:wq!
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