dms@HERMES.AI.MIT.EDU (David M. Siegel) (08/20/86)
Every now and then we get error messages from sendmail like the
following:
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 86 01:53:13 EDT
From: MAILER-DAEMON (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
Subject: Returned mail: User unknown
To: rms
----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 qfAA24521: line 6: info-gnu... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 9: info-gnu-mit-m-z... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 10: info-gnu-mit-a-l... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 11: info-gnu-mit-lists... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 12: info-gnu-net-lists-m-z... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 25: info-gnu-net-lists-a-l... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 34: info-gnu-net-t-z... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 44: info-gnu-net-r-s... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 56: info-gnu-net-o-q... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 64: info-gnu-net-m-n... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 79: info-gnu-net-i-l... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 97: info-gnu-net-f-h... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 114: info-gnu-net-d-e... User unknown
550 qfAA24521: line 128: info-gnu-net-a-c... User unknown
----- Unsent message follows -----
...
The alias file includes correct entries for those addresses. In fact,
info-gnu is an alias to the other addresses listed below it in the
transcript. The problem seems to come and go by itself, at more or
less random times.
Does anyone know what causes this?
Thanks,
-Dave