Sendmail 8.13.3 and FreeBSD 4.11 local mail problem

[Chris Boyd]

I'm having an odd problem on a server running Sendmail 8.13.3 under
4.11.

I've set up sendmail with a set of DNSBLs, local host names, access
table for relaying from a static IP, virtusertable, and authenticated
relaying.

I am able to send and receive email normally through the system--it
correctly handles everything thrown at it, except for emails that are
generated on the local system.  So things like the periodic reports get
dumped with error messages in the mail log like this:

Aug  2 11:31:05 www sendmail[49806]: j72GV5MF049806: from=user,
size=214, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<200508021631.j72GV5MF049806 at server.edu>, relay=root at localhost
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sm-mta[49807]: STARTTLS=server, relay=localhost
[127.0.0.1], version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=NO, cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA,
bits=256/256
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sendmail[49806]: STARTTLS=client, relay=[127.0.0.1],
version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL, cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA,
bits=256/256
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sendmail[49806]: j72GV5MF049806:
to=user at anotherserver.com, ctladdr=user (1001/1001), delay=00:00:00,
xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30214, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1],
dsn=5.6.0, stat=Data format error
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sendmail[49806]: j72GV5MF049806: j72GV5MG049806:
DSN: Data format error
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sm-mta[49807]: j72GV5GO049807: <clb at aoma.edu>...
user on this server
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sendmail[49806]: j72GV5MG049806: to=user,
delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31238,
relay=[127.0.0.1], dsn=5.3.0, stat=User unknown
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sm-mta[49807]: j72GV5GO049807: from=<>, size=1238,
class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sendmail[49806]: j72GV5MG049806: j72GV5MH049806:
return to sender: User unknown
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sm-mta[49807]: j72GV5GQ049807:
<postmaster at server.edu>... user on this server
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sendmail[49806]: j72GV5MH049806: to=postmaster,
delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=32262,
relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=5.3.0, stat=User unknown
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sm-mta[49807]: j72GV5GQ049807: from=<>, size=2262,
class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sendmail[49806]: j72GV5MG049806: Losing
./qfj72GV5MG049806: savemail panic
Aug  2 11:31:05 www sendmail[49806]: j72GV5MG049806: SYSERR(root):
savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere




Various web sites on Google suggest doing "date | sendmail -v -Am
postmaster" which works.


Any suggestions are appreciated.

--Chris