Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!dl10.tops20.dec.com!spider From: spider@dl10.tops20.dec.com (Spider Boardman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Mail return address problem Message-ID: Date: 27 Nov 90 16:52:37 GMT References: <1990Nov14.115020.1002@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> Sender: news@shlump.nac.dec.com Distribution: comp Organization: DEC Customer Service Operating Systems Support Lines: 26 In-reply-to: cqny@vax5.cit.cornell.edu's message of 14 Nov 90 15:50:20 GMT In article <1990Nov14.115020.1002@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> \ cqny@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Rich Marisa) writes: I've been having an ongoing problem with mail message return addresses: Mail originates on VAX/VMS, sent through Ultrix DECnet/Internet gateway, to an internet address. The message is sent, but the return address on the message looks like: From: user%vmshost.dnet@ultrixhost This works fine with 'local' internet addresses, but distant recipients often complain that the return address lacks the fully-qualified domain name for the ultrixhost, i.e.: From: user%vmshost.dnet@ultrixhost.domain.cornell.edu In ruleset 14 (starting with a line beginning with "S14"), there is a rule with the comment "gatewayed to/from dnet" (or something like it). It uses the macro $A to append the local host name. Change it to use $j instead. The subsequent rule for UUCP gatewaying is similarly broken. This works for me. Then, follow the usual rules about re-freezing the sendmail.cf file and restarting sendmail. -- Spider Boardman spider@decvax.dec.com DEC Customer Service Operating Systems Support 200 Forest St. MRO1-2/L14 Marlboro MA 01752 ...decvax!spider