sendmail always connects even though set to always queue

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From: Paul A. Cheshire
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 00:00

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I cannot stop sendmail connecting to my ISP (through dial on demand ppp) even
though I have set it to queue all messages. 

It sends local, unqualified, mail OK, BUT if any domain other than 'localhost'
is specified - even my actual hostname.domain - it insists on connecting to the
'upstream' relay (post.demon.co.uk).

I first thuoght it may be a routing problem but subsequently discounted this
after testing with ping to all variants of local hostname and/or domain. None
of these needed to connect.

I have Linux 2.0.30, ppp 2.2.0f overlaid on OpenLinux Lite 1.1. Sendmail 8.8.5
is shipped with this and yields the following:

	Version 8.8.5
	 Compiled with: LOG MATCHGECOS MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7 NAMED_BIND NETINET
			NETUNIX NEWDB NIS QUEUE SCANF SMTP USERDB

	============ SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============
 	     (short domain name) $w = nader
 	 (canonical domain name) $j = nader.demon.co.uk
       		(subdomain name) $m = demon.co.uk
    	       	(node name) $k = nader.demon.co.uk
	========================================================

	root... Recipient names must be specified

I have followed instructions to set fallback and best mx host, delivery mode (queue) and set
sendmail to run as daemon (-bd -q1d).

# /etc/resolv.conf - DNS setup file
domain demon.co.uk
search demon.co.uk
nameserver 158.152.1.43
nameserver 158.152.1.58

MTIA

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970814172628.322A-100000@localhost>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

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From: "Paul A. Cheshire" <root@localhost>
Subject: sendmail always connects even though set to always queue 
Date: 1997/08/14
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