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Article #2549Re: Two Different Sendmail (.cf?) problems
From: Frederick M. Avolio
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 19:01
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 19:01
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In article <cluther.677347807@sonne>, cluther@sonne.cnns.unt.edu (Clay Luther) writes: |>Problem 1) |> On a SunSparc330 (4.2) running Sendmail.mx, all my addresses from the machine |> appear as user%sonne.cnns.unt.edu@vaxa.acs.unt.edu. The vax is the host I |> check mx records on. Why *must* it munge my address so? sonne.cnns.unt.edu |> is registered, but this % address sometimes causes other smtp mailers not to |> recognize me. Annoying. This is being done by one or the other sendmail -- probably the sendmail.cf on the vax. Run it in test mode and see what ruleset is adding it. |> |>Problem 2) |> On a Masscomp 5700 running Sendmail, the machine does not recognize it's |> fqdn. For example, it recognizes user@nervous, but not |> user@nervous.cnns.unt.edu. It *does* fully qualify mail going off the |> machine (so that when I mail from it, my address is |> cluther@nervous.cnns.unt.edu), but won't accept that address on return. Also |> annoying. WHat does the command hostname return? Again, your sendmail.cf file needs to be made to know that nervous.cnns.unt.edu is it's name. Fred
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven.umd.edu!decuac!avolio From: avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: Two Different Sendmail (.cf?) problems Message-ID: <1991Jun19.190142.9199@decuac.dec.com> Date: 19 Jun 91 19:01:42 GMT References: <cluther.677347807@sonne> Reply-To: avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Washington ULTRIX Resource Center Lines: 25