[comp.mail.mush] foosys!uid alias local!uid: unknown

jrl@mvuxr.UUCP (08/02/89)

When I use mush to send mail (curses mode, 6.5p6), about half the time it
bounces back lickety split with the message more or less like the subject line
above:

foosys!uid alias local!uid: unknown user

I have gone through the manual a number of times, and found two references
to "alias". The one used for command expansion is obviously (I think) not
the problem, and the manual does not say that mail aliases have to be
defined so that I can send mail to other users on my local machine.
What am I doing wrong? It does not matter if I send to "uid" or to 
"foosys!uid", I still get back the same error.

Most likely this has all been explained before, but if so I missed it.


	-John Lupien
	mvuxr!jrl
	jrl@mvuxr.att.com

The best prophet of the future is the past.

schaefer@CSE.OGC.EDU (Barton E. Schaefer) (08/03/89)

On Aug 2, 11:19am, mvuxr!jrl@att.att.com wrote:
} Subject: foosys!uid alias local!uid: unknown
} 
} When I use mush to send mail (curses mode, 6.5p6), about half the time it
} bounces back lickety split with the message more or less like the subject line
} above:
} 
} foosys!uid alias local!uid: unknown user

This message is coming from sendmail, not from mush.  Talk to your system
administrator.

-- 
Bart Schaefer           "And if you believe that, you'll believe anything."
                                                            -- DangerMouse
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