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I am trying to use a SMART_HOST on RHEL7 with sendmail. I have configured sendmail.mc as follows:

define(`SMART_HOST', `my.relay.com')dnl

After compiling I have this line in sendmail.cf:

# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
DS[my.relay.com]

So it seems to have accepted it. Restarted sendmail service. When sending a test mail, I find the following in the log and no mail arrives (obviously):

Apr 24 11:27:13 myhost sendmail[51939]: 13O9RDBi051939: to=webmaster@myhost.com, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30008, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (13O9RDpv051940 Message accepted for delivery)

For some reason it still relays to relay=[127.0.0.1] and I can't figure out the reason after sheer endless research. Any advice?

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IF you use sendmail (by sendmail.org) command to send email THEN messages are passed to local sendmail daemon listening at 127.0.0.1:25.
It was introduced ib sendmail-8.12 to avoid installation as set root id program. It had been huge security risk.

Your smart host configuration in sendmail.cf should affect next hop.

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  • Where could I continue to troubleshoot then? Mails are not delivered. To my understanding sendmail should use the SMART_HOST and this should also reflect in the log. – Dominik Mimra Apr 24 '21 at 14:37
  • There should be TWO pairs of from= to= log entries. You may locate second pair by its queue-id reported in to= line of the first pair (`13O9RDpv051940`) – AnFi Apr 24 '21 at 14:55
  • `Apr 25 10:04:28 myhost sendmail[121754]: 13P84Ss8121754: from=myuser, size=23, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<202104250804.13P84Ss8121754@myhost.com>, relay=root@localhost Apr 25 10:04:28 myhost sendmail[121754]: 13P84Ss8121754: to=someuser@realdomain.com, ctladdr=myuser (1001/1001), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30023, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown` – Dominik Mimra Apr 25 '21 at 08:14
  • `Apr 25 10:04:28 myhost sendmail[121754]: 13P84Ss8121754: 13P84Ss9121754: DSN: User unknown Apr 25 10:04:28 myhost sendmail[121754]: 13P84Ss9121754: to=myuser, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31047, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (13P84S2N121755 Message accepted for delivery)` – Dominik Mimra Apr 25 '21 at 08:14
  • As root execute the two tests commands below: 1. `echo 3,0 'someuser@realdomain.com' | sendmail -bt` 2. `sendmail -bv 'someuser@realdomain.com'` . They quite likely will provide extra hints (They trace delivery selection) – AnFi Apr 25 '21 at 17:38