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>>>>> James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com>:

> Try running:

> :; /usr/sbin/sendmail -f $from -- $to <$file

> with useful email addresses for $from and $to and a message in the
> file $file.

> You should only need From:, To:, and Subject: headers in $file.

> That should deliver the $file to $to using $from as the envelope
> sender.

That worked like a charm.

> If it does, exim's /usr/sbin/sendmail isn't disabled, but just has an
> unhelpful default error message.

So... what _really- failed wrt. to Gnus and exim's /usr/bin/sendmail...?
Is there a way to find out?