Re: Any proof: Sendmail crashes Oracle or vice versa????

A copy of this was sent to "Tom Williamson" <tomw_at_action.cnchost.com> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 22:07:17 GMT, you wrote:

>Does anyone out there have any information regarding Sendmail crashing
>Oracle 8.0.5, or Oracle crashing Sendmail?
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>I think we have a configuration problem that is keeping Sendmail from
>working.
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>Someone else in our organization thinks that Oracle and Sendmail don't work
>together - this person told me that long ago, they turned on Sendmail and it
>"crashed Oracle" so now that Sendmail isn't working, we should just abandon
>it altogether. (I realize this makes no sense.) I just want to make sure
>I'm on solid ground before I go back and tell this other person that our
>machine is configured incorrectly and Sendmail itself is not the problem.
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>Thanks - Tom
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they are very wrong. the 2 applications are totally separate and distinct. virtually every unix machine i have ever worked on has both sendmail and oracle running -- successfully.

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Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation Received on Thu Sep 09 1999 - 06:50:52 CDT