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RE: MX From: field question

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From: J.C. Higgins, Sys Mgr CsVax1, UC...
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 23:30
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In a previous article, karin@zach.fit.edu wrote:
>Hi fellow MX-users,
>
>
>I do have one teensie quirk that I need to get around and am turning
>to you because I am getting nowhere quickly.  Whenever I send mail to
>anyone, whether within or outside my domain, the From field shows up
>as simply user@node with the domain info missing in both VMS and SMTP
>From fields.  Recipients cannot simply reply to my message.  The info
>does show up in the Sender field.  I tried to fix this by adding the
>following logical:
>
>   define/sys/exec mx_vmsmail_from_format "<!AS@!AS.fit.edu>"
>
Check MX_NODE_NAME in MX_DIR:MX_LOGICALS.DAT
It should be the FQDN for your host....

Hope this helps.


/*
PS: If this doesn't work, check to make sure that UCX is configured to
use the FQDN for your host also....

FQDN == Fully Qualified Domain Name....
*/

> .-.|     |    |     | |    /------------------\   Karin Nicholson
> |  |-..-.|/.-.|-..-.|*|/  < karin@zach.fit.edu >  VAX Sys Mgr @ Florida Tech
> `-'| |`-'|\`-'| |`-'|||\   \------------------/   Florida Space Coast LUG Chai
   r


                                                  Chris.

+ J.C. Higgins, Sys Admin  +  Auditor, Computer Science Society, U.C.C.
+ Chris@csvax1.ucc.ie      +
+ Chris@odyssey.ucc.ie     +  If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't
+ sccs6002@iruccvax.ucc.ie +  come back to you, hunt it down and KILL it.
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From: "J.C. Higgins, Sys Mgr CsVax1, UCC , Eire" <chris@csvax1.ucc.ie>
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Subject: RE:   MX From: field question
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Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 18:30:21 EST
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