1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/process.cc b/src/process.cc
index 6d3b2a2..4807b98 100644
--- a/src/process.cc
+++ b/src/process.cc
@@ -161,43 +161,48 @@ void process::notify_mailto(const string& email,const string& id,const string& e
     }
     if(!pid) {
         // child
         if(dup2(files[0],0)!=0)
             _exit(-1);
         close(1);
         close(files[0]);
         close(files[1]);
         execl("/usr/sbin/sendmail","usr/sbin/sendmail","-i",email.c_str(),NULL);
         _exit(-1);
     }
     // parent
+    int status;
+    if(waitpid(pid,&status,WNOHANG)) {
+        close(files[0]);
+        close(files[1]);
+        throw runtime_error("vfork()ed sendmail child exited unexpectedly");
+    }
     close(files[0]);
     FILE *mta = fdopen(files[1],"w");
     for(headers_t::const_iterator i=mailto_headers.begin();i!=mailto_headers.end();++i) {
         fprintf(mta,"%s: %s\n",i->first.c_str(),i->second.c_str());
     }
     for(headers_t::const_iterator i=config.mailto_headers.begin();i!=config.mailto_headers.end();++i) {
         if(mailto_headers.find(i->first)!=mailto_headers.end())
             continue;
         fprintf(mta,"%s: %s\n",i->first.c_str(),i->second.c_str());
     }
     fprintf(mta,
             "Subject: [%s] %s\n\n"
             "%s\n"
             "---\n"
             "This message was sent automatically by the 'dudki' daemon\n",
             id.c_str(), event.c_str(),
             description.c_str() );
     fclose(mta);
-    int status;
     waitpid(pid,&status,0);
     // TODO: check the return code
 }
 
 void process::signal(int signum) const {
     if(!pidfile.empty()) {
         ifstream pids(pidfile.c_str(),ios::in);
         if(!pids)
             throw runtime_error("no pidfile found");
         pid_t pid = 0;
         pids >> pid;
         pids.close();