[comp.unix.ultrix] Problems with mail/sendmail

tjb@unhd.UNH.EDU (Thomas J. Baker) (01/10/91)

Why isn't my mailer smart enough to figure this out?  I'm trying to mail to a
uucp host on another machine:

Return-Path: MAILER-DAEMON
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 91 13:56:10 -0500
From: MAILER-DAEMON (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
Subject: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 101
To: <tjb>

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<<< RCPT TO:bandw!craig@uunet.uu.net
<<< RCPT TO:tjb@unhd.unh.edu
<<< DATA
bad system name: bandw
uux failed. code 101
554 bandw!craig@uunet.uu.net... unknown mailer error 101

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Received: by mozz.unh.edu (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C)
	id AA03722; Wed, 9 Jan 91 13:56:10 -0500
To: bandw!craig@uunet.uu.net (Craig Goss)
Cc: tjb@unhd.unh.edu
Subject: Re: Memory (16mb vs. 24 Mb) 
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 09 Jan 91 08:46:59 -0500.
             <9101091346.AA00224@ bandw > 
blah
blah
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The format of the address works on other systems.  I've tried it with
Multinet under VMS and other unix operating systems and have no problems.
I know that if I mail to craig%bandw.uucp@uunet.uu.net it works like it
should but the other form of the address does not.  I assume that if it
really bothered me I could go into the sendmail rewrite rules and modify
them but I was wondering if this address format should work by default.

On a slightly different note, has anyone gotton an ultrix hosts to act as
a mail exchanger for an entire domain?  Do I need another version of sendmail?
What happens is that it receives the message initially, then tries to forward it
to itself (i.e. it doesn't realize that it is acting as unh.edu so it looks
up unh.edu, and ends up trying to send the message to itself).  Any experience
in this area would be most appreciated.

Thanks for any information.

tjb


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