>>
>> 1. With SMTPHOST sendmail works fine; with -H it fails (see below):
>
> Again, -H specifies connection helper (e.g. openssl), not host. To
> specify the host use -S.
> Look at the relevant portion:
>
> -----
> // N.B. -H and -S are mutually exclusive so they do not spoil opt_connect
> // connection helper ordered? ->
> if (opts & OPT_H) {
> const char *args[] = { "sh", "-c", opt_connect, NULL };
> // plug it in
> launch_helper(args);
> -----
>
> I posted that sendmail usage is slightly broken: the first occurences
> of -H and -S are rudimentary.
>

OK -S works.
The online command help shows:
 -S              Use openssl connection helper for secure servers
which seems to be incorrect.

>> 2. My mail server was down yesterday and it was a good time to test -w
>> option.
>> But it didn't mater if I had -w or not sendmail was timing out after 3-4
>> minutes.
>
> The timeout should specify for how long to wait a response from the 
> server.
> Right now I see it is not involved. I'll take care of this as soon as I 
> can.

So the time-out is not used when connecting to the mail server?

> BTW, do our understandings of timeout here coincide? For someone may
> (quite validly) think of timeout as of overall SMTP session timeout.
>
As a minimum I would use time-out when connecting to the mail server.
Or better reset time-out for every response from the server.

> Vladimir

Thanks,
Piotr 

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