I see two related problems with your DNS setup: dan> dns_getcanonname: trying m20.example.org. (A) dan> ;; res_querydomain(m20.example.org, , 1, 1) dan> ;; res_query(m20.example.org., 1, 1) dan> ;; res_mkquery(0, m20.example.org., 1, 1) dan> ;; res_send() dan> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26787 dan> ;; flags: rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 dan> ;; m20.example.org, type = A, class = IN dan> ;; Querying server (# 1) address = 127.0.0.1 dan> ;; got answer: dan> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26787 dan> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: dan> 1 dan> ;; m20.example.org, type = A, class = IN dan> m20.example.org. 1M IN A 216.187.106.227 dan> example.org. 1M IN NS xeon.example.org.org. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ dan> xeon.example.org.org. 5S IN A 127.0.0.1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
example.org's DNS zone has a mistake if it has an NS record pointing to a bogus hostname like that (and what's worse the bogus hostname resolves). dan> dns_getcanonname: trying localhost.example.org (AAAA) dan> ;; res_querydomain(localhost, example.org, 1, 28) ... dan> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to xeon.example.org. via relay... localhost.example.org appears to map to xeon.example.org, perhaps via /etc/hosts? My first suggestion would be to fix your DNS zone as mentioned above. Then, try the test again with more debugging: echo 'hi there' | /usr/sbin/sendmail -v -d8.8,16.10,61.11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message