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- From: greendog@insti.physics.sunysb.edu (Michael D. Fischer)
- Subject: SMAIL config problem
- Message-ID: <GREENDOG.93Jan5155635@insti.physics.sunysb.edu>
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- Sender: greendog@max.physics.sunysb.edu (Michael D. Fischer)
- Organization: Institute for Theoretical Physics, SUNY at Stony Brook.
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:56:37 GMT
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- I am trying to switch to SMAIL here, and it works except for one
- problem: it has trouble recognizing the local machine name. i.e.
- if I am on "max.physics.sunysb.edu" (hostname returns "max") and
- send mail to "root" it delivers it via 'local'. If I send to
- "root@max" it delivers via 'local'. If I send to
- "root@max.physics.sunysb.edu" it doesn't realize that this is the
- local machine, and SMTP connects to itself and sends the message.
- The receiving smail then does the same thing. It enters a loop,
- which eventually aborts and returns the mail.
-
- Any idea what is causing this?
-
- Mike
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