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From: marvit@HPLPM.HPL.HP.COM (Peter Marvit)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: Help with BHST error...
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Date: 21 Aug 90 16:37:40 GMT
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Jerry's answer about [BHST no servers available] was essentially correct.
However, what this really means is: MH's post cannot connect to a running
sendmail over an SMTP port.  (This, of course, assumes MH was compiles
with SMTP and SENDMTS.)

The potential problems:

	1) Your local sendmail daemon is dying or not running for some
	reason.

	2) You use BIND and your local nameserver is not responding.

	3) Your mtstailor has its "servers:" pointing to a non-existant
	machine or a machine which is a) not reachable or b) not running
	the sendmail daemon.  

	4) You're setting up a cluster and you encounter this on a
	satellite. You must change your mtstailor 'servers:" line to be
	the hostname of your root node or some central system whichis
	running sendmail.

	5) The gods are angry.

Any others which should be added to the list?

	-Peter "No waiters available -- at a diner" Marvit


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