sendmail config help sought

[Timothy Stone]

I thought I would try to get my mail server working properly and I may 
have hosed it indirectly. It is something likely very simple, but just 
tucked away I'm missing it in my novice state.

sendmail-8.12.5-7 on RHL 8 (psyche)

Basically, I have crons that send me an email report on whether they 
completed or not. My pager host recently opt'd to start SPF or some sort 
of verification of domains, as what onced worked no longer does.

I figured that's because I don't have sendmail configured to do anything 
other than send from "localhost.localdomain"

So to a sendmail quickstart and my nameserver I went.

First, I put an MX record in my local DNS (it does not update on the 
'net, just used for internal lookups)

...
mail IN A 10.0.1.10
MX 0 mail.mydomain.gov
...

Then I went to sendmail.cf (/etc/mail/sendmail.cf)...

Djmydomain.gov

/I know I should use the MC files, but this is not a mail server of any 
use whatsoever; could this be a source of my problem?/

I restarted sendmail...

$ sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart

I restarted my named...

$ sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/named restart

Then I tried sending a test email...

$ mail tstone at somedomain.com
Subject: test
test
^D

Nothing happens and I get bounced.

Attached is my bounced email.

Many thanks!
Tim


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