> Looks like a response from a remote server saying that there (at that
> server) is a configuration error. But as you have put the error message
> out of its context I cann't be sure.
> Please post the whole log line, or even better all lines of that
> failing message.

Here's the complete syslog entry:

Nov 1 13:25:32 host sendmail[6024]: kA1JPWqm006024: Milter: no
active filter
Nov 1 13:25:32 host sendmail[6024]: kA1JPWqm006024:
from=<xxxxxxxxxxxxx@aol.com>, size=2968, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<bc0.449b42c.327a4e9f@aol.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA,
relay=foo.example.edu [10.0.0.1]
Nov 1 13:25:32 host sendmail[6024]: kA1JPWqm006024:
to=<devnull@example.com>, delay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=32968,
stat=queued
Nov 1 13:27:05 host sendmail[6028]: kA1JPWqm006024:
to=<devnull@example.com>, delay=00:01:33, xdelay=00:00:00,
mailer=esmtp, pri=122968, relay=mail.example.com., dsn=5.3.5,
stat=Local configuration error
Nov 1 13:27:05 host sendmail[6028]: kA1JPWqm006024: kA1JPXgs006028:
DSN: Local configuration error
Nov 1 13:27:29 host sendmail[6028]: kA1JPWqm006024: kA1JPXgt006028:
postmaster notify: Local configuration error
Nov 1 13:27:29 host sendmail[6028]: kA1JPWqm006024: done;
delay=00:01:57, ntries=1

Obviously, the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

> Were those "Messages before and after it, even to the same address"
> delivered to the same remote server?

Yes. There is only one remote server. The external relay servers
forward to the same host via
mailertable entries.

Although I'd love to solve this problem through the list, what I'm
really looking for is a way to log what's happening -- having logs
could with all kinds of other problems.

Thanks for any ,

Chris