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RE: MX From: field question

#279
From: Jonathan E. Hardis
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 20:53
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> 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.

If any kind soul ever volunteers to write a FAQ post for this mailing list/
newsgroup, this answer should be near the top of the list.

Here's a recent answer to the same question:
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> If you will notice my original Reply-to field is wrong.  The last time I tried
> to change it, I really messed things up.  I need it to read vax.augustana.edu.

            We had the same problem here.  It seems to happen with UCX
        (at least to me, it did), and the way names are put into the local
        hosts database.  Even though the documentation says to put the
        alias as the *first* entry, the proper way to do it is to use the
        "Fully Qualified Domain Name" (FQDN) as the first entry .  You'll
        probably get quite a few responses on this one - it will eventually
        make the FAQ list.  See below for example.

        Good luck.

                                                Mike Frohme

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$ ucx sh host/local bilbo

     LOCAL database

Host address    Host name

141.225.56.13   bilbo.memst.edu, BILBO, bilbo, BILBO.MEMST.EDU

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Michael K. Frohme                              Internet: frohme@bilbo.memst.edu
Center for Earthquake Research & Information   Bitnet:   frohmemk@memstvx1
Memphis State University                       PhoneNet: 901/678-2007
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From: hardis@garnet.nist.gov (Jonathan E. Hardis)
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Subject: RE: MX From: field question
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Date: 5 Nov 92 20:53:45 GMT
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