On Jun 10, 2007, at 21:25, Bjorn Boulder wrote:

Doug, Mats

Your advice is on the money; thanks.

I see this:

Jun 10 05:43:40 jake sendmail[15068]: l5AAhekD015068:
[EMAIL PROTECTED], ctladdr=oracle
(1004/1005),
delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay,
pri=30062,
relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0,
stat=Deferred: Connection
refused by [127.0.0.1]

Your tip along with that given by Mats suggests that
I need to learn about /etc/mail/sendmail.cf

It appears that the box cannot send mail to itself:

Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]: l5A84ObZ014546:
to=postmaster,
delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay,
pri=154501,
relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred:
Connection refused by
[127.0.0.1]

Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]: l5485I55093939:
to=root,
ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=6+00:00:26, xdelay=00:00:00,
mailer=relay,
pri=691450, relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0,
stat=Deferred: Connection
refused by [127.0.0.1]

Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]: l5485I55093939:
l5A84Oba014546:
sender notify: Cannot send message for 5 days

Jun 10 03:05:44 jake sendmail[14546]: l5A84Oba014546:
to=root,
delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay,
pri=152806,
relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred:
Connection refused by
[127.0.0.1]

Currently, my main assumption is that
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
is the primary administrative interface for e-mail.

That is correct, but you don't want to directly mess with sendmail.cf. You really want to use the mc file and then make to build the cf file. Its much easier and more readable. See /usr/ share/sendmail/cf/readme for more details. The cf files are in another directory from there named cf.

You will also want to use
           sendmail -bv email-address
to have sendmail show you how and where it will deliver for the address: email-address. That is a useful tool.

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