[bit.listserv.pmdf-l] Paranoid mailers

SMITH@BKNLVMS (Greg Smith) (02/09/90)

CORNELLC is definitely a paranoid mailer.  It's possible that while your
gateway is properly registered on both BITNET and the Internet, your mailer
might NOT appear in your site's node entry at BITNIC.  If your mailer doesn't
show up there, your mailer definition won't make it into XMAILER NAMES and
BITEARN NODES.  If your mailer doesn't appear in these files, paranoid mailers
won't treat you as a trusted mailer, and will tell you to get lost as CORNELLC
and Kentucky have done.  I had the same problem with CORNELLC a while back, and
the solution was to update our node entry to include the :mailer field.  Here's
a copy of what our node entry looks like.  Note the :mailer and :srv1 fields at
the end.  I hope that this info helps!

:node.BKNLVMS :nodenum.1745 :via.PSUVM :net.BITNET
:site.Bucknell University Computer Services VAX/VMS
:abbr.Bucknell U Comp Services :system.VMS 5.1-1 :machine.DEC VAX 11/780
:netsoft.JNET :msgs.YES :cmds.YES :files.YES :gmtoff.-05.00 :country.US
:connect.87/03/01 :postmast.(Greg Smith) SMITH@BKNLVMS ((717) 524-1801)
:mformat.PUNCH :mclass.M :fformat.PUNCH :fclass.N :tformat.PUNCH :tclass.A
:bitdirector.(Jon Eschinger) JONESCH@BUCKNELL ((717) 524-1801)
:inforep.(Marge Heine) MHEINE@BUCKNELL ((717) 524-1801)
:techrep.(Chris Weber) CWEBER@BUCKNELL ((717) 524-1801)
:contact.(Chris Weber) WEBER@BKNLVMS ((717) 524-1801)
:inform1.(Greg Smith) SMITH@BUCKNELL (Systems Analyst)
:inform2.(Greg Smith) SMITH@BKNLVMS (Systems Analyst)
:linkfail.(Chris Weber) CWEBER@BUCKNELL ((717) 524-1801) :planet.EARTH
:addr.Computer Services;Lewisburg, PA 17837 US :lastup.89/12/20 :cks.24766
:info2.JNET :info1.NODES NAMES :srv1id.SMTP@BKNLVMS :srv1type.GATE821
:mailer.SMTP@BKNLVMS :routtab.JNET (NETSERV,SMITH@BKNLVMS)

+----------------------------+------------------------------------+
| Gregory J. Smith           | BITNET:   smith@bucknell.bitnet    |
| Systems Analyst/Postmaster |           smith@bknlvms.bitnet     |
| Bucknell Computer Services | Internet: smith@bucknell.edu       |
| Bucknell University        |           smith@coral.bucknell.edu |
| Lewisburg, PA  17837       | AT&Tnet:  (717) 524-1801           |
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