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2 total messages Started by Tom Gorodecki Wed, 08 Feb 1989 07:58

#3162

Author: Tom Gorodecki
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1989 07:58

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Hello !

I have the following problem with sendmail running on 
sequent balance 3.0.14.
When user X on machine Y sends email to sequent machine , and 
on this sequent machine he has alias or .forward back to the
same place where the email was send from( X@Y), the mail disappears
on the way.
In the sendmail log file i only got the "from" line and no "too"
line.
Looks like the sendmail finds that the email goes back to the same
place it was send from and ate it.
Is it feature , or maybe some sendmail flag ?

Thanks for any help.
Tom.
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Re: sendmail question/problem

#3182

Author: Vesa Kein{nen
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1989 08:05

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   In the sendmail log file i only got the "from" line and no "too"
   line.
   Looks like the sendmail finds that the email goes back to the same
   place it was send from and ate it.

Looks like the same problem I once had. In my case it was
cured when I added 'm' option in my sedmail configuration
(Add line 'Om' on sendmail.cf or start sendmail with flag
-om).

If that opion is missing, sendmail tries to catch situations
when you have send mail to some alias list (like your .forward
in other host) and you get copy back. It then drops that copy
because you have already seen it....... Can be quite confusing,
so I always have that option in my sendmail configurations.

Vesa

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