jew@rt.sunquest.com (/87336) (04/05/91)
I don't know whether you read my previous posting and thanks for your help if you responded, but some testing today has offered new clues! Since sendmail always complained that every host I tried to send to, I wondered if maybe it wasn't using the nameserver. I put uunet.uu.net into the /etc/hosts file and tried the following: AIX instfe 1.2> mail -v @uunet.uu.net:ericw@janis Subject: Test Did you get this? @uunet.uu.net:ericw@janis . Cc: @uunet.uu.net:ericw@janis... Connecting to relay1.UU.NET (tcp)... @uunet.uu.net:ericw@janis... Connecting to uunet.UU.NET (tcp)... 220 uunet.UU.NET Sendmail 5.61/UUNET-primary-gateway ready at Thu, 4 Apr 91 12:0 4:54 -0500 >>> HELO instfe.sunquest.com 250 uunet.UU.NET Hello instfe.sunquest.com, pleased to meet you >>> MAIL From:<jew@instfe.sunquest.com> 250 <jew@instfe.sunquest.com>... Sender ok >>> RCPT To:<@uunet.uu.net:ericw@janis> 250 <@uunet.uu.net:ericw@janis>... Recipient ok >>> DATA 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself >>> . 250 Ok >>> QUIT 221 uunet.UU.NET closing connection @uunet.uu.net:ericw@janis... Sent So! I can get mail out if I go through uunet.uu.net, but this isn't too satisfactory since we have a very nice nameserver that all the other machines here use to send mail directly to anyone on the internet. Does anyone have an idea as how I can convince PS/2 AIX 1.2 sendmail to use the nameserver when trying to send internet mail? J. E. Ward jew@sunquest.com Confucious say... He was so narrow-minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes.