Xref: utzoo comp.unix.aix:3679 comp.mail.sendmail:2727 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!cca.ucsf.edu!root From: root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Strange Sendmail message returning from my rs/6000 Message-ID: <3368@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> Date: 19 Feb 91 00:42:56 GMT Reply-To: joed@cca.ucsf.edu (Joe DeBattista) Organization: Computer Center, UCSF Lines: 35 Greetings, I'm in the process of bringing up my RS/6000, and am working on getting mail working. Mail from the 6000 to my other machines works fine, but mail to the 6000 is bounced back. Here is the message I get back. ***************************** From MAILER-DAEMON@itsa.ucsf.EDU Tue Feb 12 12:51:55 1991 Received: from itsa (itsa.ucsf.edu) by cca.ucsf.EDU (5.61/GSC4.19) id AA19780; Tue, 12 Feb 91 12:51:51 -0800 Received: from cca.ucsf.EDU by itsa (AIX 1.3/4.03) id AA03645; Thu, 7 Feb 91 04:19:05 -0800 Date: Thu, 7 Feb 91 04:19:05 -0800 From: MAILER-DAEMON@itsa.ucsf.EDU (Mail Delivery Subsystem) Subject: Returned mail: Service unavailable Message-Id: <9102121450.AA03645@itsa> To: Status: RO ----- Transcript of session follows ----- >>> HELO itsa <<< 553 Local configuration error, hostname not recognized as local 554 ... Service unavailable: Bad file number ****************************** I've checked my /etc/hosts file, and that seems ok. I've set up my sendmail.cf with the Cw line showing my hostname and also including lo and localhost. Any idea what's going on? I'm also curious if there is anyplace that all the error messages that sendmail generates, are in a specific place, with hints as to the possible problem and fix. Thanks for any helpful hints. is there