antek@bioch.tamu.edu (09/28/90)
Hi! This is a continuation of the article of the same subject (I forgot it's number, something like this - 10. I was told to make an experiment with "sendmail -t -v" and save the output. There it is. ========================================================================== "binoc.tamu.edu" is the UNIX machine. "bioch" and "bioch.tamu.edu" are defined in the "hosts" file (the same number), it is our VAX. The UNIX site is defined as "binoc" in VAX tables. The short names was set to make live of users easier - both (long and short) work ok in ftp or telnet. =========================================================================== %/usr/bin/sendmail -t -v To: antek@bioch this is a test CTRL/D <-------- my input (END OF FILE), should I use "." ? <<< output >>> antek@bioch... Connecting to bioch.ether... 220 bioch.tamu.edu TGV/MultiNet SMTP service ready. >>> HELO binoc.UUCP 250 bioch.tamu.edu ; Hello binoc.UUCP, pleased to meet you. >>> MAIL From:<antek@binoc> 250 OK >>> RCPT To:<antek@bioch> 250 <antek@bioch>... ok - delivered as <antek> >>> DATA 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF> >>> . 250 OK ; Job SMTP-NETMAIL (queue SMTP_BIOCH, entry 586) started on SMTP_BIOCH >>> QUIT 221 bioch.tamu.edu TGV/MultiNet SMTP service complete. antek@bioch... Sent % <<< and the mail arrived on "bioch" in a while. No error messages on UNIX. <<< Second test: >>> %/usr/bin/sendmail -t -v To: antek@bioch.tamu.edu <----------------- longer form. <<< output >>> antek@bioch.tamu.edu... Connecting to .ether... antek@bioch.tamu.edu... Deferred: Connection timed out during user open with % ============================================================================= And the last line is the same error we get trying to send mail in a "normal" way, both - UNIX--->VAX and VAX--->UNIX. In the last case, the error message and the mail from VAX sit in the /usr/spool/mqueue, a user is never notified. (IT IS DELIVERED from VAX to UNIX). Antek Laczkowski, Internet as above, BITNET: ANTEK@TAMBIGRF