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- From: chucks@iplmail.orl.mmc.com (Chuck Strickland)
- Subject: sendmail wont queue for later delivery
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.140914.6752@iplmail.orl.mmc.com>
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- Sender: chucks@iplmail (Chuck Strickland)
- Organization: Martin Marietta
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:09:14 GMT
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- environment;
- sun os 4.1.2. sendmail.mx using berkeley m4 macro package to generate
- sendmail.cf.
-
- My mail host is functioning as a MX server for several systems. these
- systems go on and off the net periodically. I thought that if sendmail
- could resolve the hostname but not connect to the host it would
- queue the message and deliver it later. but it does not queue. it returns
- the message with the error "Service unavailable".
-
- I understand that the action taken is based on the exit status of the mailer.
- that is if the mail returns a status that indicates the delivery could
- be performed later then it queues. Else it returns the mail as underliverable.
-
- Question is, how to I set the error status of the mailer or the action
- taken by sendmail.
-
- the mailer used is the tcpld in the m4 package for local final delivery.
-
- thanks for the help,
-
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- Malcolm C. Strickland Martin Marietta Missle Systems
- chuck-strickland@orl.mmc.com mail point 170
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