Michael Grant wrote:
> I'm still searching for an answer to this.
> After upgrade from wheezy to testing, sendmail no longer starts.
> I see that the system is using systemd.
> ...

Some comments that I think are relevant...

Since it took a while for someone to respond to your question it tells
me that it is a combination of tools that not many people are using.
You are using sendmail in combination with systemd.  That is an
unusual combination.  If it were widely used then many people would
have been responding already.  Frankly you might be one of the few
trailblazing that combination.

Trailblazers are great!  They are the ones who make things happen.
However not everyone wants to be a trailblazer.  There just isn't
enough time for everyone to do everything.  You sound like a busy
person without the time to debug everything.  Perhaps it would be good
to change to a more mainstream combination?  If it were a mainstream
combination then the problem would almost certainly already have been
seen and fixed.  Something with a lot of users and a lot of support.

In this case I would suggest that Sendmail is no longer the mainstream
mail transfer agent.  Instead I suggest migrating to Postfix.  (Or
Exim but I personally really prefer Postfix so will recommend
Postfix.)  Postfix is well tested and very well supported.  There has
been discussion of making Postfix the default mta on Debian.  (But
that will never happen because Exim isn't bad just not as popular.)

Since you are using Sendmail I assume you have been using Sendmail
forever.  You probably have multiple editions of the O'Reilly Sendmail
book on your bookshelf.  You probably hate to take the time to migrate
a working configuration tuned over decades to something different.  I
have been there and glance over at my two remaining editions of the
O'Reilly Sendmail books on my bookshelf.  Let me say that moving to
Postfix was very easy.  I don't even have one copy of the O'Reilly
Postfix book.  It has an easy to understand design and the online
documentation is excellent.  I have been where you are with Sendmail
and migrating to Postfix was a good decision for me.  I suggest that
it would be for you too.  YMMV.

Good luck!

Bob

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