I have encounetered the following pecularity.
"localmail.slip.net" is my smarthost, doing all the
local delivery. If it refuses connection from the
helper-MX host because of some unrelated reasons
(unable to resolve sender address, for example) it
is going "unusable" at this host, which hardly
makes any sense, as it's the only mail destination
ever, and it must accept all the other mail anyway.
This is a log of /usr/lib/sendmail -d2 -q:
routed by lookuphost router:
deliver to sanborn@???
transport: smtp
host localmail.slip.net [204.160.88.102]
>>> Local deliveries >>>
>>> Remote deliveries >>>
smtp transport entered
localmail.slip.net [204.160.88.102] status = usable
set_process_info: 25983 0.52 delivering 0uVnNx-0005fv-00 to
localmail.slip.net [
204.160.88.102] (aheinz@???)
SMTP>> Mail from:<goldfinger@???>
SMTP<< 451 rejected: timeout while resolving sender
address (try again later)
goldfinger@???
LOG: MAIN
SMTP error from localmail.slip.net [204.160.88.102] after
MAIL FROM: 451 rejec
ted: timeout while resolving sender address (try again
later) goldfinger@natural
step.org
SMTP>> QUIT
SMTP<< 221 mouse closing connection
Delivery yield = DEFER
all addresses skipped or deferred: all expired
Leaving smtp transport
LOG: MAIN
== aheinz@??? <aheinz@???> T=smtp
defer (0): SMTP error fr
om remote mailer after MAIL FROM: host localmail.slip.net
[204.160.88.102]: 451
rejected: timeout while resolving sender address (try again
later) goldfinger@na
turalstep.org
set_process_info: 25983 0.52 tidying up after delivering
0uVnNx-0005fv-00
Processing retry items
end of retry processing
end delivery of 0uVnNx-0005fv-00
localmail.slip.net [204.160.88.102] status = unusable
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