09-01-2017
Assuming sendmail daemon is active:
the sendmail daemon can be set up with queueing - meaning send out mail every x minutes.
There are .cf files in the mail directory tree in /etc. (you did this) Read though them and see what is set. (queueing control can be set here, too): Also review the command used to start smtp (sendmail), there are usually two sendmail processes.
I would help but I do not have a unix box here, and sendmail is beastly in how it does things. I do not remember.
You may also need to check if the box that has the problem has an active mail server or if the smtp request is forwarded to another box.
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sensible-mda
SENSIBLE-MDA(8) System Manager's Manual SENSIBLE-MDA(8)
NAME
sensible-mda - a generic local MDA router for Debian systems
SYNOPSIS
sensible-mda from to detail client-addr
DESCRIPTION
sensible-mda is used to simplify the installation and configuration of sendmail(8) , or other MTAs for use on Debian systems. With sensi-
ble-mda, sendmail can support a plethora of MDAs (procmail, maildrop, deliver, etc.) without having pick any one of them as required.
FUNCTION
sensible-mda is called by sendmail as a local mailer when the following exists in sendmail.mc:
define(`LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS', `sensible-mda $g $u $h ${client_addr}')dnl
sensible-mda will look for the following MDAs (in this order), and pass the mail on to the first SUID MDA found (Or first found MDA, if run
w/euid=root): procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)
OPTIONS
Available command line options are the following:
from The sender of this email (sendmail $g variable)
to The recipient of this email (sendmail $u variable)
detail The detail portion of the recipient userid (sendmail $h variable) - ie:
cowboy+sendmail@debian.org
client-addr
TCP/IP address of the sender (sendmail ${client_addr} variable) Not used (for the nonce)
FILES
/etc/mail/sendmail.mc
sendmail m4 input to generate sendmail.cf
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
actual sendmail configuration file (treated as a binary file)
SEE ALSO
sendmail(8), procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)
BUGS
None known so far.
AUTHOR
Richard Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>
HISTORY
4th Berkeley Distribution October 21 1999 SENSIBLE-MDA(8)