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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local.users(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual local.users(4)
NAME
local.users - Specifies mail recipients on the local host.
DESCRIPTION
The local.users file contains a list of user names whose mail is to be delivered to the local host and whose return address is user-
name@hostname. Entries in the local.hosts file are in addition to other local users (such as root and postmaster). See sendmail.cf(4) for
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FILES
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Files: sendmail.cf(4). delim off
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