Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!cmcl2!vx2!ittai
From: ittai@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU (Ittai Hershman)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: 5.61 tcpproto.cf bug
Message-ID: <407@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU>
Date: 10 Mar 89 04:32:42 GMT
Organization: Stern School of Busniess, New York University
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With sendmail 5.61 I decided it was time to move from our old hacked-up
sendmail.cf file to the distributed tcpproto.cf -- I really liked the
abstractions of the BITNET/CSNET/USENET mail gateway macros.

Unfortunately, there appears to be a problem with the BITNET macro.
I bring this to the attention of the group, because it defeats the
purpose of standardizing, if everyone patches it in his/her own way.
Can whomever is responsible for the distribution, please fix the problem
in the distribution and post the diffs.

Thanx,
-Ittai

PS: For those interested, the sendmail.cf has: DBvx1.gba.nyu.edu
    and sending mail to ittai@nyuacf.bitnet fails as follows (I broke
    up the 553 transaction into two lines for ease of reading):

       ----- Transcript of session follows -----
    Connected to VX1.GBA.NYU.EDU:
    >>> RCPT To:<ittai%nyuacf.BITNET%vx1.gba.nyu.edu@>
    <<< 553 VX1.GBA.NYU.EDU rejects address
        "ittai%nyuacf.BITNET%vx1.gba.nyu.edu@":  Syntax error in address
    550 ittai@nyuacf.bitnet... User unknown