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11-25-2020 03:13 PM
11-25-2020 03:13 PM
We are having some issues with sendmail when there is an issue with in the first attempt to send a mail.
Sometimes we have an issue where the SMTP relay connection is timed out
I can see this message in the log
In the maillog it shows the stat of "Deferred"
I can then track this amil message from the unique identifier (it will be the same identifier used to find the files in /etc/spool/mqueue)
The next time I see this identifier, the amil is tried again to be sent... BUT.... this time a different SMTP relay is being used..
I have checked the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file, and we only have 1 relay defined in there.
The deferred relay that is being used is our OLD one, which is not longer valid.
I am not sure where else I can look or what else I can do to fix so that when the message is attempted to be re-sent, it will use the correct relay.
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11-27-2020 06:54 PM - edited 11-29-2020 07:20 PM
11-27-2020 06:54 PM - edited 11-29-2020 07:20 PM
Re: sendmail connection timed out for a relay.. deferred, next time send, using different relay
>>> I have checked the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file, and we only have 1 relay defined in there.
>>>The deferred relay that is being used is our OLD one, which is not longer valid.
Do you have the correct relay listed in the sendmail.cf file?
If sendmail is using the old one, have you restarted sendmail?
The changes will not take effect until sendmail re-reads sendmail.cf.
/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop
/sbin/init.d/sendmail start
Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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11-30-2020 08:43 AM
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