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From: dan@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Daniel J. Dick)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Network sendmail questions...
Keywords: network, replies, timezone
Message-ID: <3877@bayes.ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 31 Jan 90 22:50:55 GMT
Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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I tried compiling sendmail.5.61 and finally ended up going back to the old
version of sendmail.mx that was on our machines for the following reasons:

1--One of our file servers was previously designated to be our mail deliverer,
   and messages sent out from our diskless workstations were set up to go out
   as if they were coming from that file server instead of the individual
   workstations so that a common mail area could be shared and all of the
   workstations would not have to be running a sendmail daemon.

   After installing sendmail.5.61, the headers suddenly changed so that mail
   was going out as if it were coming from the workstations causing replies
   from the outside world to fail.  This happened without making any changes
   to any sendmail.cf files.

2--The time zones changed from PST to -0800 in the header fields.  I did not
   know if this was proper, but it was different, and that made me hesitant.

3--I could not get sendmail.5.61 to compile properly under gcc, even though
   it compiled under cc.


My knowledge is limited here so I would be very appreciative of anybody who
might be able to help me here.

-- 
Daniel J. Dick (dan@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov)
Systems Manager
NASA Ames Research Center