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From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: problems replying to bitnet mail
Keywords: reply bitnet mail
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.215140.5161@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Date: 19 Feb 91 21:51:40 GMT
References: <27C0D862.778A@ibma0.cs.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Northern Illinois University
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In article <27C0D862.778A@ibma0.cs.uiuc.edu> epstein@sunc4.cs.uiuc.edu (Milton Epstein) writes:
>When I get mail from someone who is at a BITNET site, the return
>address in the header is of the form <username>@<hostname>.  When I
>
>From @VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU:SYKLB@NASAGISS.BITNET Fri Feb 15 12:19:34 1991
>Received: from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu by suna0.cs.uiuc.edu with SMTP id AA06497
>  (5.64+/IDA-1.3.4 for epstein); Fri, 15 Feb 91 12:19:28 -0600
>Message-Id: <9102151819.AA06497@suna0.cs.uiuc.edu>
>Received: from NASAGISS.BITNET by VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.2MX) with BSMTP id 4210; Fri, 15 Feb 91 12:18:44 CST
>Received: by NASAGISS (Mailer R2.07) id 8137; Fri, 15 Feb 91 13:20:07 EDT
>~Date:         Fri, 15 Feb 91 13:13:43 EDT
>~From: Ken Bell <SYKLB@NASAGISS>

 The problem originates in the bitnet world.  Either VMD or NASAGISS should
be making sure the domain is qualified.

 However, since they are not, you have to deal with the problem.  I see you
are using sendmail/IDA.  Pick up the latest version from uxc.cso.uiuc.edu.

 You will then discover that your sendmail will attempt to correct the
problem, by rewriting
  SYKLB@NASAGISS  as SYKLB%NASAGISS@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu

 You should be able to reply normally to the latter address.