Apache permission denied when trying to send mail

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Issue

  • Apache not sending mail through sendmail
  • The following error is displayed in /var/log/maillog:
Jul 10 17:09:56 <host> sendmail[2434]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(apache): can not chdir(/var/spool/clientmqueue/): Permission denied
  • php script unable to send mail through MTA

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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