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in reply to Re: Re: (nrd) Bloody sendmail
in thread Bloody sendmail

Your local sendmail probably thinks that 'localhost.nycap.rr.com' is not local, and is denying a relay.
Make sure your /etc/hosts file has both 'localhost' and 'localhost.nycap.rr.com' entries, both defined as '127.0.0.1'.
Doug