joe@acmis.cmis.co.at (Johannes Rupp) (11/22/90)
We have a problem getting the SMTP mail connection running between our
INTERLAN TCP/IP Novell Gateway and any other computer running TCP/IP.
Our Novell configuration is as:
Advanced Netware 286 V2.15
Interlan TCP/IP gateway with the NP600G board installed
Interlan TCP/IP gateway software V1.4
The Interlan TCP/IP gateway is installed in the Novell server.
Our problem:
1.) Sending mails via SMTP from a UNIX host (also using TCP/IP) and an
IBM host (again using TCP/IP via an IBM3172 controller) to the
Novell server (via the Interlan TCP/IP gateway) works fine.
2.) Sending mails from a PC workstation in the Novell network using the
Interlan MAILWS program (part of the Interlan TCP/IP gateway software
distribution) to either the UNIX host or the IBM host fails.
Watching the network traffic uncovers the following situation:
Interlan TCP/IP gateway UNIX host
sends TCP/IP packet sends TCP/IP packet
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initiates a connection to
UNIX host
220 acmis.cmis.co.at Sendmail ready at ...
HELO *
^
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How can I change the Interlan TCP/IP gatway configuration
to make the gateway sending out the actual TCP/IP gateway
hostname instead of the '*' character?
- In any mail received by the UNIX host the return address is always build up
as
username@*
I guess the '*' in the domain name instead of the host name comes from
the HELO * of above.
- Sending mails to the IBM host is even impossible as the MAILSW program
immediately returns with the messages:
Trying to connect to dpcenter.cmis.co.at...
Syntax Error. Start Domain with 'a'..'z' or 'A'..'Z'
Connection to remote host failed.
Mail saved in "SYS:MAIL/B70187\DEAD.LET"
In this case it won't send no mail at all to the IBM host
Also in this case the TCP/IP Interlan gatway sends a HELO *
packet to the IBM host. The only difference is that the IBM
implementation of TCP/IP refuses to accept the * instead of
a hostname completely.
Sending mails between the IBM and UNIX hosts works in both directions.
My guess is that we have missed something during the installation of the
Interlan TCP/IP gateway software. What I would like to know is just what
we missed.
Any help is welcome.
Best regards,
Johannes
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