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From: is@athena.cs.uga.edu ( Bob Stearns)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: ESIX sendmail.cf and other interesting files
Summary: Can't get mail working though TELNET & FTP are
Message-ID: <1990Dec14.000213.25231@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Date: 14 Dec 90 00:02:13 GMT
Sender: Bob Stearns (IS)
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
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I have successfully installed ESIX 2.3.2d and got TELNET and FTP working. I am
totally unable to mail out or receive (except in the trivial case of mail x,
where x is a local user id). If you have the subject system working, I would
appreciate a clue or two as to your methods. If you plan to send me a large
set of configuration files and tables, E-mail me first. All help gratefully
accepted, Nomex clothing in place, already RTM'd, I'm out of ideas.

The apparent basic failure is an inability to locate the appropriate user when
a message comes into the system, or when sent locally with a full address of
user@machine.domain. Outbound mail failure is similar, in that the target
machine.domain is not findable; at least that how I interpret the messages.
.
The machine is in the local host table, and is also known by the local
name server.