Xref: utzoo comp.sys.hp:8516 comp.mail.sendmail:3082 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!hardy From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: sendmail won't talk to itself Message-ID: Date: 20 Apr 91 03:59:39 GMT References: <1991Apr19.051644.14246@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1991Apr19.132241.28391@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1991Apr19.144520.31974@mp.cs.niu.edu> Organization: U.C.Irvine, Dept. of Physics Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: golem.ps.uci.edu In-reply-to: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu's message of 19 Apr 91 14:45:20 GMT I use the following solution which works without problems on my 9000/370: I keep a small /etc/hosts.smtp file for hosts I connect directly to, and a /etc/resolv.conf file which lists three campus nameservers. In addition all unresolved mail is handled by one the campus mailservers, all uuc-style addresses are sent off by smtp to uunet.uu.net. The only occasions when mail bounced were when the return-pat was incorrect. Greetings, Hardy -------****------- Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET