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From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: sendmail on gateway machine with two hostnames
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.214152.16333@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Date: 11 Feb 91 21:41:52 GMT
References: <3828@tdw206.ed.ray.com>
Organization: Northern Illinois University
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In article <3828@tdw206.ed.ray.com> heiser@tdw201.ed.ray.com writes:
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>We have a machine that acts as a gateway between a network and a subnet.
>As such, the machine has two IP addresses and two hostnames (sud507
>and sud507-gw).  When I send mail to user@sud507, it bounces back
>with the following error:

 The machine really should have one hostname, even if there are two IP
addresses.  You are otherwise likely to run into split personality problems
with other software.

 Notwithstanding the above, I will use email to assist you with your
configuration problem.

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  Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science               <rickert@cs.niu.edu>
  Northern Illinois Univ.
  DeKalb, IL 60115                                   +1-815-753-6940