Sendmail producing error : Starting sm-client: exim abandoned

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • In RHEL 5.x environment, sendmail produces error when starting:
# service sendmail start
Starting sm-client: exim abandoned: unknown, malformed, or incomplete option -L

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
  • Sendmail

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