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- From: thsspxh@iitmax.iit.edu (Patrick HURT)
- Subject: Re: sendmail and timed problems. [2nd bug FIXED]
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.225534.10080@iitmax.iit.edu>
- Keywords: sendmail-lost mail-timed-machine not responding
- Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology
- References: <1992Jul23.223713.6260@iitmax.iit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 22:55:34 GMT
- Lines: 55
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- In article <1992Jul23.223713.6260@iitmax.iit.edu> I write:
- >
- >First real problem:
- >------------------
- >
- >Just got upgraded to 4.0.1 on an Iris 4D/20. Incoming mail is
- >not delivered, and not even bounced! THis happens for mail
- >coming from anywhere outside the machine. Local mail (internal
- >to the machine) works fine. The file sendmail.cf is set up
- >with sendmail.cf.auto. I can send mail out, it works fine,
- >but the mail coming in never shows up anywhere! I looked into
- >the SYSLOG fileof the Iris, and here is what I found, every time I try to
- >send mail to the Iris:
- >
- >ir260a sendmail[5165]: AA05165: from=<thsspxh@iitmax.iit.edu>, size=291, class=0, received from iitmax.^AD (192.41.245.10)
- >ir260a sendmail[5166]: Attempting to deliver to non-existent host ir260a.iit.edu for ir260a.iit.edu
- >ir260a sendmail[5166]: AA05165: to=<patrick@ir260a.iit.edu>, delay=00:00:01, stat=Host unknown
- >ir260a sendmail[5166]: AA05166: from=MAILER-DAEMON, size=0, class=0, received from iitmax.^AD (192.41.245.10)
- >ir260a sendmail[5166]: Attempting to deliver to non-existent host iitmax for iitmax
- >ir260a sendmail[5166]: AA05166: to=<thsspxh@iitmax.iit.edu>, delay=00:00:01, stat=Host unknown
- >
- >
- >ir260a is the Iris, iitmax is another machine from which I try to send the
- >mail. Pretty weird message, "non-existent host ir260a.iit.edu" since it's
- >the Iris itself... And it's strange that the MAILER-DAEMON doesn't even
- >bounce the mail. So what's the deal, there?
- >
-
-
- A reply by mail gave me the fix (and problem) for this:
-
- 4.0.1 shipped with a defective sendmail.cf. If you change it, SGI won't
- support it. Here's the bug:
-
- Line 477 in the supplied /usr/lib/sendmail.cf file is:
-
- R$*<$*..$Y>$* $1<$2.$Y>$3 tidy any double dot
-
- That line should be:
-
- R$*<$*..$Y>$* $1<$2.$Y>$4 tidy any double dot
-
- Now it works fine. Seems that sgi won't support a sendmail.cf which is
- not theirs, even though THEIRS doesn't work. Quite strange, huh?
-
- Anyway... Thanks to Doctor Math who gave me the answer.
-
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- |Patrick HURT Illinois Institute Of Technology |
- |Internet : thsspxh@iitmax.iit.edu |
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