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On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Henry B. Hotz wrote:

> I'm getting these notices in the daily output:
>
> mail:
> 		/var/spool/mqueue (4 requests)
> ----Q-ID---- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ------------Sender/Recipient------------
> eAABTrE01158       50 Fri Nov 10 03:29 root
>                   (host map: lookup (hotzsun.jpl.nasa.gov): deferred)
> 				       hotzmail@hotzsun.jpl.nasa.gov
> f0NBbiw14521       50 Tue Jan 23 03:37 root
>                   (host map: lookup (hotzsun.jpl.nasa.gov): deferred)
> 				       hotzmail@hotzsun.jpl.nasa.gov
> eAABFUE00568     2207 Fri Nov 10 03:15 root
>                   (host map: lookup (hotzsun.jpl.nasa.gov): deferred)
> 				       hotzmail@hotzsun.jpl.nasa.gov
> f0NBFEj13930     2780 Tue Jan 23 03:15 root
>                   (host map: lookup (hotzsun.jpl.nasa.gov): deferred)
> 				       hotzmail@hotzsun.jpl.nasa.gov
>
> I don't know what they mean.  /var/mail is completely empty.  Are
> they messages that never got delivered?  Messages that just had
> hiccups?  I suppose there is some kind of cleanup that I'm supposed
> to do, but why is my intervention required?
>
> Sendmail is one of those packages that I just want to forget about
> because it's so complex in relation to the functionality of interest.
> Bad attitude, I know.  Should I switch to postfix?
>
> Signature held pending an ISO 9000 compliant
> signature design and approval process.
> h.b.hotz@jpl.nasa.gov, or hbhotz@oxy.edu
>