Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:24300 comp.mail.sendmail:2778 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!sbi!zeus!pivot!art From: art@pivot.sbi.com (Art Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: mailing to le1 on sun workstation Message-ID: <1318@pivot.sbi.com> Date: 28 Feb 91 14:33:43 GMT Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards Organization: Pivot - Salomon Brothers, NY Lines: 45 H E L P M E M R. W I Z A R D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I have a system with two ethernet addresses le0 (prod_sys) le1 (test_sys). When mail is sent to test_sys (le1) an error is returned. The system wants mail to be addressed to prod_sys. The systems that is sending the mail to test_sys does not have connectivity to prod_sys from security reasons. the error is as follows. From Mailer-Daemon@prod_sys Tue Feb 26 21:05:58 1991 Return-Path: Received: from prod_sys.sbi.com (test_sys) by sysA.sbi.com (4.0/SMI-4.0) id AA29175; Tue, 26 Feb 91 21:05:56 EST Received: by prod_sys.sbi.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AB01574; Tue, 26 Feb 91 20:52:04 EST Date: Tue, 26 Feb 91 20:52:04 EST From: Mailer-Daemon@prod_sys (Mail Delivery Subsystem) Subject: Returned mail: Service unavailable Message-Id: <9102270152.AB01574@prod_sys.sbi.com> To: Status: R ----- Transcript of session follows ----- Connected to test_sys: >>> HELO prod_sys.sbi.com <<< 553 prod_sys.sbi.com host name configuration error 554 ... Service unavailable ----- Unsent message follows ----- Return-Path: Received: from sysA.sbi.com by prod_sys.sbi.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) I think that an entry in sendmail.cf will fix this problem but did not see anything in the Documentation.