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Help with sendmail.cf file

#110
From: Grant Fengstad
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1992 21:22
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I've recently decided to run sendmail as the primary mailer on my SCO
Unix box, rather than MMDF.  SCO it would seem provides little
documentation or support for sendmail and would rather have you do it
their way..  Well damn the torpedos and full speed ahead. 

I have run into a few problems though in using sendmail.  If I address
mail to a local user (ie: root), it works fine.  If I use full domain
address (ie: root@yqlhost.Cral.CA), it doesn't work, even though it is
the same host.  Also, I've noticed that I can send mail to other systems,
but they can't send to me.   A sample error message follows:

From MAILER-DAEMON Sat Jan  2 22:15:39 1988
Received:  by yqlhost.Cral.CA. (5.59/25-eef)
	id AA00462; Sat, 2 Jan 88 22:15:39 MST
Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 88 22:15:39 MST
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>
Subject: Returned mail: Service unavailable
Message-Id: <8801030515.AA00462@yqlhost.Cral.CA.>
To: root
Status: R

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>>> HELO yqlhost.Cral.CA.
<<< 553 yqlhost.Cral.CA. I refuse to talk to myself
554 root@yqlhost.Cral.CA... Service unavailable

   ----- Unsent message follows -----
Received:  by yqlhost.Cral.CA. (5.59/25-eef)
	id AA00460; Sat, 2 Jan 88 22:15:39 MST
Return-Path: <root>
Message-Id: <8801030515.AA00460@yqlhost.Cral.CA.>
>From: root@Cral.CA (The Omnipotent One)
X-Mailer: SCO System V Mail (version 3.2)
To: root@yqlhost.Cral.CA
Subject: Test Message
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 88 22:15:38 MST

This is a test message..

Can anyone provide any clues?  Please respond via email...

Thanks.

--
#====================================================================#
# Grant M. Fengstad		     E Mail: fengstad@alpha.Uleth.CA #
# Manager, Network Operations	     Voice:     (403) 382-6724       #
# Canadian Regional Airlines Ltd.    FAX:	(403) 327-1229       #
#====================================================================#
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Message-ID: <1992Aug9.212219.17579@honte.uleth.ca>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!acs.ucalgary.ca!honte.uleth.ca!beta.uleth.ca!fengstad

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From: fengstad@beta.uleth.ca (Grant Fengstad)
Subject: Help with sendmail.cf file
Message-ID: <1992Aug9.212219.17579@honte.uleth.ca>
Followup-To: fengstad@alpha.uleth.ca
Sender: news@honte.uleth.ca (News System)
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1992 21:22:19 GMT
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