[CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Sean Carolan
I'm a bit baffled by this problem. Maybe there's a sendmail guru out there who can help me out here. We have some end-users who need to receive system-generated mail that originates from a java-based application on our network. The java app sends the mail through our sendmail cluster, which

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Sean Carolan
I'm a bit baffled by this problem. Maybe there's a sendmail guru out there who can help me out here. We have some end-users who need to receive system-generated mail that originates from a java-based application on our network. The java app sends the mail through our sendmail cluster, which

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Toby Bluhm
Sean Carolan wrote: I'm a bit baffled by this problem. Maybe there's a sendmail guru out there who can help me out here. We have some end-users who need to receive system-generated mail that originates from a java-based application on our network. The java app sends the mail through our

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Sean Carolan wrote on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:15:15 -0600: Do you have any ideas how I can begin to troubleshoot this? sendmail -v -q (will flush the mail queue, just wait and look). First reason I would think of: greylisting. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread jkinz
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:15:15AM -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: exmx1 : Dec 14 05:28:39 exmx1 sendmail[31574]: mBDIYhEa031574: to= custo...@example.com, delay=00:00:00, xde lay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=41874, relay=mail.example.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred Unfortunately there is no

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Sean Carolan
#1 - turn your sendmail logging/debugging setting up as high as it will go for just long enough to capture some of these events. (then turn it back to its previous setting) #2 - try using script and then telnet to capture an SMTP session (Done by hand) with the MTA at the receiving end.

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Bob Hoffman
The mail logs show that these emails are typically delayed for up to 24 hours, sometimes longer. It appears that several attempts to deliver the email are made, with each unsuccessful one showing Deferred status in the maillog. After several

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Scott Silva
on 12-15-2008 8:15 AM Sean Carolan spake the following: I'm a bit baffled by this problem. Maybe there's a sendmail guru out there who can help me out here. We have some end-users who need to receive system-generated mail that originates from a java-based application on our network. The

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Scott Silva
on 12-15-2008 12:01 PM Bob Hoffman spake the following: The mail logs show that these emails are typically delayed for up to 24 hours, sometimes longer. It appears that several attempts to deliver the email are made, with each unsuccessful one

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Bob Hoffman
There are more reasons than a conspiracy to get you to pay a subscription... True, but in most or almost all, it is not your sendmail or your server that has anything to do with it. A bounce would indicate a problem or other things...but 'defer' could mean anything. I get a lot from

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Bob Hoffman
It's not a big webmail provider, just a smaller company. I suspect it might have to do with the large attachments, or their mail servers getting overloaded. I really wish they would come up with a few things.. 1- A real all in one really well programmed email system for linux and

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Scott Silva
on 12-15-2008 2:55 PM Bob Hoffman spake the following: It's not a big webmail provider, just a smaller company. I suspect it might have to do with the large attachments, or their mail servers getting overloaded. I really wish they would come up with a few things.. 1- A real all

Re: [CentOS] sendmail Deferred mail - reason unknown

2008-12-15 Thread Les Mikesell
Bob Hoffman wrote: It's not a big webmail provider, just a smaller company. I suspect it might have to do with the large attachments, or their mail servers getting overloaded. I really wish they would come up with a few things.. 1- A real all in one really well programmed email