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From: brog@sloth.UUCP (Chris Brougham)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Sendmail and Irix
Message-ID: <iyieq1w163w@sloth.UUCP>
Date: 2 Oct 90 06:38:17 GMT
Organization: sloth vancouver, b.c. canada
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Hi

I have a very simple problem that I am sure someone will be 
able to help me with.

I'm trying to configure sendmail 5.1 so I can send mail across
ethernet. The host computer is "bert" and the target computer is
"ernie." We're running Irix (SGI's SYS V). According to TFM, all 
I have to do for a direct SMTP connection is add the lines:
CSernie
CSbert.

Unfortunatley when I do this I get a rewrite message:
    rewrite: expansion too long.

I know the hosts file in /etc is OK because I can rlogin to ernie.
So I changed the SMTP definition to:
FS/etc/mailhosts
Still I receive the same message.

What obvious and fundamentally stupid thing am I doing!

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chris brougham: sloth.wimsey.bc.ca