On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 15:22:07 -0000, Robert Mills
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> environment: sendmail 8.13.1 on mpeix 6.5
>
> note: host, domain and exchange_server names have been replaced with <my_something_else>.
>
> i'm using the command 'sendmail -t < filename' to send a test message to my internal email account (msexchange). one problem is that it is locking up the session and the only way out is to do a break and abort. any ideas as to the reason?

What are the contents of "filename"?

I believe the message needs to end with a . on a line by itself for
sendmail to know that the message is properly terminated, just like if
you were doing a "sendmail -v" and typing in the message
interactively.

>
> i also have a question about the entries logged to the /tmp/mail.log file. i've added a 'define('SMART_HOST', '<my_exchange_server>')dnl' entry to generic-mpeix.mc and then generated an /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file. isn't the relay= entry supposed to be the ipaddr/dns_name of <my_exchange_server>?
>
> an example entry from /tmp/mail.log follows:
>
> Mar  4 13:46:22 localhost sendmail[7995478]: j24DkMYT7995478: from=ROBERT.SYSDEV, size=138, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200503041346.j24DkMYT7995478@<my_host>.<my_domain>, relay=<hpuser>.<hpaccount>@localhost
>
> i've added a 'define('SMART_HOST', '<my_exchange_server>')dnl' entry to generic-mpeix.mc and then generated an /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file. isn't the relay= entry supposed to be the ipaddr/dns_name

Look in your sendmail.cf and tell me what the value of DS is.

Have you bought that O'Reilly Sendmail book (
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1565928393/qid=1109951970/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5592829-8862547?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
) yet? I swear, sendmail somehow knows if you have that book, and just
having it on the shelf seems to straighten things out even if you
never open it. If nothing else, it gives great descriptions of the
various testing and debugging modes for Sendmail that can help you
work through all kinds of rules and routing issues.

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