Ray Leventhal wrote on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:48:22 -0400: > increase in the log level produced lines like this in /var/log/maillog: > Jun 9 09:28:51 gungho sendmail[13243]: m59DRxV2013243: gungho > [172.16.0.106] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to smtp > > 172.16.0.106 is the server address so, it's a connection to itself. was this a test to localhost? If not, that hints in the direction of the problem. Maybe you accidentally set the smarthost to itself or so? I'd try a manual connect and walk thru an SMTP conversation and send a mail. Also, clients can produce debug log files, too, even Microsoft products .... Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com