"unknown mailer" error

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From: Pete Gregory
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:42

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Hi - Sequent PTX 1.1.1, sendmail v1.35 here...

Our systems sometimes encounter errors while trying to send mail.  The
two errors we sometimes see are:

uux failed ( -1 ) 554 node!userid... unknown mailer error 1

...and...

trying to create lock file '/usr/mail/userid.lock'
Creation of lockfile failed after 15 tries
554 userid... unknown mailer error 15

we get both of these errors occasionally.  in all cases, the userids we're
trying to mail to are perfectly valid.  in a given hour, several hundred
(and perhaps thousands) of mail messages will be sent, and once in a while
these errors occur.

What's wrong?  Thanks so much...
-- 

Pete Gregory       |  Internet: pete@wvus.org
UNIX SA            |  Bangpath: ames!elroy!wvus!pete
World Vision U.S.  |  Slowpath: 919 W. Huntington Dr., Monrovia, CA 91016

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From: pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory)
Subject: "unknown mailer" error
Organization: World Vision U.S.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 17:42:39 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Sep30.174239.19026@wvus.org>
Keywords: sequent unisys sendmail PTX uux error
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