derwin@mach2.WLU.CA (Daryl Erwin) (06/06/91)
Problem: Mail bounces to sites from one machine but not another. I am not the one that looks after mail, and know very little about how it actually "works", but why would mail bounce from one machine and not another? I realize this is a general and vague question, but where do I start looking. We are on ONET and mail DOES come in and DOES go out to some addresses but not all. I realize that some bouncing is due to machines down and/or bad addresses but not this much! Is there files kept on each machine of the address or routes to certain "key" sites. The reason I ask this is because of groups like comp.mail.maps, comp.mail.headers(?). Anyways, I any pointers/suggestions are welcome. -- Daryl Erwin Net Address: derwin@mach2.WLU.CA Computing Services Surface Mail: P4-1, Main Campus Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario Bus:(519) 884-1970 x2910 ... Go Hawks!
banko@lisboa.ks.uiuc.edu (Brad Banko) (06/07/91)
In article <1991Jun6.153424.11237@mach2.wlu.ca> derwin@mach2.WLU.CA (Daryl Erwin) writes: >Problem: Mail bounces to sites from one machine but not another. > >I am not the one that looks after mail, and know very little about how >it actually "works", but why would mail bounce from one machine and >not another? I realize this is a general and vague question, but where >do I start looking. daryl, we have the same problem with mail from our silicon graphics iris machines never making it to our NeXT machines. neither i (nor our "sysadmins", who are other guys like me) really know anything about unix/irix administration, or mail/sendmail, except from the user perspective. if somebody can give me a pointer to the "big picture" or an overview (maybe its time to read the sendmail manpage!) i would appreciate it! > >We are on ONET and mail DOES come in and DOES go out >to some addresses but not all. I realize that some bouncing is due to >machines down and/or bad addresses but not this much! Is there files >kept on each machine of the address or routes to certain "key" sites. The reason if you get some good tips, daryl, please post a follow-up. thanks. brad banko -- ============================================================== Brad Banko, Theoretical Biophysics, Beckman Institute Dept of Physics, University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign banko@lisboa.ks.uiuc.edu, (217)-244-1851, 328-4932