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environment;
 sun os 4.1.2. sendmail.mx using berkeley m4 macro package to generate
 sendmail.cf.

 My mail host is functioning as a MX server for several systems. these
 systems go on and off the net periodically. I thought that if sendmail
 could resolve the hostname but not connect to the host it would
 queue the message and deliver it later. but it does not queue. it returns
 the message with the error "Service unavailable".

 I understand that the action taken is based on the exit status of the mailer.
 that is if the mail returns a status that indicates the delivery could
 be performed later then it queues. Else it returns the mail as underliverable.
 
 Question is, how to I set the error status of the mailer or the action
 taken by sendmail.

 the mailer used is the tcpld in the m4 package for local final delivery.

 thanks for the help,

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Malcolm C. Strickland                 Martin Marietta Missle Systems
chuck-strickland@orl.mmc.com          mail point 170    
Phone: 407-356-7437                   pobox 555837
Fax:   407-356-5482                   orlando florida 32855-5837
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