palkovic@linac.fnal.gov (John A. Palkovic) (08/22/90)
In article <2228@linac.fnal.gov> I said (edited for brevity) System: Iris 40/70G; IRIX 3.2 /* should be 4D/70 */ When trying to deliver mail to the Iris system (ntf) from a Sun running SunOS 4.1 (calvin), sendmail reports the following: Connected to ntf: >>> MAIL From:<palkovic@linac> <<< 554 rewrite: expansion too long >>> QUIT <<< 554 rewrite: expansion too long 554 <don@ntf.fnal.gov>... Remote protocol error This is a summary of the replies I received. Thanks to all who replied. The consensus was that the sendmail.cf file on the SGI system was bogus, in particular the rewrite rule was going into a loop and producing an address that was too long. It is possible to test this by running sendmail in address test mode (sendmail -bt then enter the ruleset and an address). One reply stated that the following command could show where the config file was bombing out: /usr/lib/sendmail -odi -d21.2 -fpalkovic@linac some-address < mail-message I have not tested sendmail in this fashion since I don't have an account on the SGI machine. Some kind soul mailed us a sendmail.cf which was modified and installed and appears to be working (thanks Anthony!). One person suggested that we install smail3.1, which may happen in the future. Again thanks for the helpful replies. -- John Palkovic (708) 840-3527 palkovic@fnal.bitnet,palkovic@linac.fnal.gov University of Wisconsin-Madison {yclept,tellab5,obdient}!linac!palkovic & Fermilab, Batavia, IL Coor: 41 50 16 N / 88 15 46 W