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
@@ -172,2 +172,8 @@ void process::notify_mailto(const string& email,const string& id,const string& e
     // 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]);
@@ -190,3 +196,2 @@ void process::notify_mailto(const string& email,const string& id,const string& e
     fclose(mta);
-    int status;
     waitpid(pid,&status,0);