Re: latest sendmail on testing

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Curt <curty@free.fr> writes:

> On 2014-05-18, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
>>|  reader@newsguy.com... Deferred: 421 4.3.0 collect: Cannot
>>|  write ./dfs4IGodqZ004450 (bfcommit, uid=0, gid=122): No such file or
>>|  directory Closing connection to [127.0.0.1]
>> `----
>>
>> Where is sendmail trying to write?  Why is sendmail trying to write to
>> something that does not exist?
>>
>
> Look for QueueDirectory in your sendmail.cf file?

Thank you sir... that was a very succinct pointer, and a direct hit.

Since posting that problem... I tried for the second time, a complete
uninstall of all of sendmail... including repeated --purge on conf
files.  Once all directories all pkgs and all conf were removed.

Reinstalled the whole works again.  This time, after moving the
problematic lines in sendmail.mc... and making a number of
customizations there... that is, I stuck in a configuration from
another debian box that has worked for several years and with fingers
crossed ... restarted sendmail.

By god... it worked.  So sendmail is now sending and receiving quietly
as it ought.

Thank you all for huge amounts of patience and a helpful spirit.