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From: thomas@wileecoyote.nac.dec.com (Matt Thomas)
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Subject: Re: Problem with decnet mail on ultrix
Keywords: ultrix-4.0 sendmail decnet
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Date: 5 Jan 91 18:16:23 GMT
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From: thomas@wileecoyote.nac.dec.com (Matt Thomas)
Date: Sat Jan  5 18:13:52 1991 GMT
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Subject: Re: Problem with decnet mail on ultrix
Keywords: ultrix-4.0 sendmail decnet

In article <1991Jan4.213226.5614@news.miami.edu>, grant@oj.rsmas.miami.edu
(Grant Basham) writes:
|> I have two nodes running ultrix 4.0, a 3200 and a 5000.  The 3200
|> receives decnet mail from a vms site.  The other node, oj, the 5000,
|> fails vms mail:
|>   $ mail nla0: oj::grant
|>   %MAIL-E-LOGLINK, error creating network link to node OJ
|>   -SYSTEM-F-LINKEXIT, network partner exited
|> 
|> Decnet mail from an ultrix site just hangs forever in que with:
|>    (Deferred: Remote MAIL object at oj not responding)

Is there anything in the syslog file on oj?
Is the directory /var/tmp other writeable?
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Matt Thomas                     Internet:   thomas@pal.dec.com
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