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@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ This package conflicts with the stock sendmail package included in
Slackware and overwrites some of its files, so remove the sendmail
package before installing opensmtpd.
-In the change from version 5.7.3p2 to 5.9.2p1 the ownership and permissions
-changed for the /var/spool/offline directory
+Alpine hangs when sending mail using the opensmtp sendmail command and the
+opensmtpd server is down.
+
+To prevent this, modify the /etc/pine.conf or the user .pinerc to
+send the mail directly to the server instead of using the
+opensmtpd sendmail command:
+
+ smtp-server=localhost
- chown -R root:smtpq /var/spool/offline
- chmod 770 /var/spool/offline