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RMAIL 3.19 and Return paths

#2839
From: David D. Kessner
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1991 06:35
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There ought be a manual entitled 'Systems Admin For Those Who Are Better Off
Eating Pizza'...


I have just installed SMAIL 3.19 on my 386 box-- because my old mailer has
about as much brains as MS-DOS.  But I have two problems.

My From paths are a bit wrong, or at least lacking.  My machine is
kessner.denver.co.us, but it is one hop away from the Internet (I UUCP with
csn.org), FYI.  The here are a few From's:

        A message mailed to csn!cyan.csn.org!dcm had
        From:    kessner!david@csn.org (David Kessner)

Shouldent this say 'david@kessner.denver.co.us (David Kessner)' ?  Despite
the fact that there is a mix of @'s and !'s in that...


Another message was sent to dbrown@ucsd.  It got there, but this is
part of his reply (between the '---------------'s)...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
You're ``smart'' mailer gave me a broken return address.  This
is the addfress it said to reply to:
ogicse!unmvax!ncar.UCAR.EDU!scicom!bilanc!csn!kessner!david@ucsd.edu
I replied and it bounced somewhere (I'll give you it below.)

Dave

> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 91 10:01:41 -0800
> From: unmvax!MAILER-DAEMON@ucsd.edu (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
> Subject: Returned mail: User unknown
> To: dbrown@ece.UCSD.EDU
>
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> >>> RCPT To:<david%kessner%csn%bilanc%scicom@ncar.UCAR.EDU>
> <<< 550 <david%kessner%csn%bilanc%scicom@ncar.UCAR.EDU>... User unknown
> 550 ncar.UCAR.EDU!david%kessner%csn%bilanc%scicom... User unknown
>
>    ----- Unsent message follows -----
> Received: from ogicse.UUCP by unmvax.cs.unm.edu (5.61/3.3) with UUCP
>       id <AA28535@unmvax.cs.unm.edu>; Fri, 8 Mar 91 10:01:41 -0800
> Received: from ucsd.edu by cse.ogi.edu with SMTP
>       (5.61+eap+OGI_1.1.named/IDA-1.2.8+OGI_1.12) id AA01762; Fri, 8 Mar 91 09
:34:39 -0800
> Received: from zemeckis.ucsd.edu by ucsd.edu; id AA04457
>       sendmail 5.64/UCSD-2.1-sun via SMTP
>       Fri, 8 Mar 91 09:34:36 -0800 for unmvax!ncar.UCAR.EDU!scicom!bilanc!csn!
kessner!david@cse.ogi.edu
> Received: by zemeckis.ucsd.edu (4.0/UCSDPSEUDO.2)
>       id AA04640 for ogicse!unmvax!ncar.UCAR.EDU!scicom!bilanc!csn!kessner!dav
id@ucsd.edu; Fri, 8 Mar 91 09:31:37 PST
> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 91 09:31:37 PST
> From: ece.UCSD.EDU!dbrown@ogicse.UUCP (David Brown)
> Message-Id: <9103081731.AA04640@zemeckis.ucsd.edu>
> To: ncar.UCAR.EDU!david%kessner%csn%bilanc%scicom@ogicse.UUCP
> Subject: Re:  Test...  Really..
>
> Yeah, I got it.  Quite a return path!
>
> Dave
>
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Sorry for the length of this, but I didnt want to leave anything out that 
might be important.  

My SMAIL is configured with all default values (but with updated mail maps).

So what is wrong? I imagin that it is just a simple line in one of the config
files-- but the documentation is confusing for someone who isnt familiar with
sys admin of a UNIX machine.

Thanks in advance.				- David K

-- 
David Kessner - david@kessner.denver.co.us            | do {
1135 Fairfax, Denver CO  80220  (303) 377-1801 (p.m.) |    . . .
This is my system so I can say any damn thing I want! |    } while( jones);
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Message-ID: <1991Mar9.063545.20567@kessner.denver.co.us>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!csn!kessner!david

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!csn!kessner!david
From: david@kessner.denver.co.us (David D. Kessner)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: RMAIL 3.19 and Return paths
Message-ID: <1991Mar9.063545.20567@kessner.denver.co.us>
Date: 9 Mar 91 06:35:45 GMT
Sender: david@kessner.denver.co.us (David Kessner)
Organization: Kessner, Inc
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