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>Having two (possibly related) problems with NeXTMail.
I am assuming you mean Mail.app (I call it NeXTmail too)

>1) No receipt is ever received (I request a read receipt, the addressee
>reads the message, but I never get a receipt).
I think you only get a reciept if it is read by a NeXT, and maybe only with 
Mail.app .  If you read it with unix-mail or pine, I don't know if you get one.
I'm certain I've never gotten one when sending to non-NeXTs. 

>2) The nodename on messages is being truncated
>(userid@crob.flint.umich.edu becomes userid@crob).  This is OK as long as
>our local nameserver is running, but when it is down (or overworked),
>messages are sent on to its nameserver for processing and the message
>bounces with Host Unknown. Also - it seems to only be doing it to messages
>destined for the same domain (userid@infotech.tamu.edu works OK).
We had a similar problem, I think that is some bizarre stuff in your 
sendmail.cf file (I am assuming you mean the nodename on your return address?).
It was a LOT of changes, ended up gtting one (sendmil.cf) that was configured
for MSU and doing a search and replace on the domain names.
Even then, stuff like PINE and TIN still goofed up the return addresses until
I modified their RC files.

Good Luck

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Gary J LaPointe
gary@ah3.cal.msu.edu
Michigan State University
Center For Integrative Studies, Arts & Humanities