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From: wathu@ivax.ccit.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: help requested: sendmail.cf sun sparc 2, Sun os 4.1.1, From:???
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.092918.1@ivax.ccit.arizona.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 91 16:29:18 GMT
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In article <1991Jun4.082555.1@ivax.ccit.arizona.edu>, wathu@ivax.ccit.arizona.edu writes:
> Sendmail.cf for Sun Sparc 2
> ===========================
> 
> I am trying to setup mail for my new Sun Sparcstation 2.
> I am running NIS to obtain domain name services.  I am also
> running OpenWindows 2.  I am connected to the campus ethernet backbone.
> 
> I tried to modifiy sun supplied sendmail.main.cf and also sendmail files
> from Brian Kennedy (Sun Sparc 1+ no DNS, no NIS) and 
> Viji M. (Sun 3, no DNS, no NIS).  All of them gave me the same problem.
> The mail received at the remote computer had 
> 'From wathu@lanka' not wathu@lanka.ccit.arizona.edu as expected.
> 

I found the answer in a reply by Neil .. to someone elses question.

In my host table I had

128.196.120.201 lanka lanka.ccit.arizona.edu

I changed it to 

128.196.120.201 lanka.ccit.arizona.edu lanka

it worked fine now.

Wije Wathugala