sendmail: document and fix usage of fd #4, fix check for helper failure.

function                                             old     new   delta
packed_usage                                       25663   25694     +31
signal_handler                                       191     215     +24
kill_helper                                           22      31      +9
launch_helper                                        194     184     -10
get_cred_or_die                                      142     129     -13
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