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On 02-Apr-97 Andreas Tille wrote: >Hi, > >i installed smail from the unstable tree. I havn't any idea how to >configre smail. When I installed Slackware half a year ago I configured >nothing and it worked. Now I answered the some questions while >installing smail, but any mail to any host (except on my own machine) >is returned to sender. > >Would anyone be so kind to give me a hint, which document to read or >which file is responsible for the error which causes the following >reply on a Testmail: > >Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:41:08 +0200 (CEST) >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: e2od5 >Subject: mail failed, returning to sender >Reference: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:41:08 +0200 (CEST) >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: e2od5 >Subject: mail failed, returning to sender >Reference: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >|------------------------- Message log follows: -------------------------| > no valid recipients were found for this message >|------------------------- Failed addresses follow: ---------------------| > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... unknown host >|------------------------- Message text follows: ------------------------| >Received: by bridge.physik.uni-halle.de > id m0wCKff-00001JC > (Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:41:07 +0200 >(CEST) >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 09:41:07 +0200 (CEST) >From: e2od5 (Andreas Tille) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: April > >Thanks for advise > > Andreas > Is that a typo or did you intentionally send it to an IP address instead of a do main? I telneted to the IP and verified the user. The problem is that smail is doing a name look up on an IP address and getting a bad response. Send it usin g the domain and it should go through. - ---------------------------------- Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> E-Mail: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 02-Apr-97 Time: 03:43:07 - ---------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBM0IcGwi+Ph+i3TgpAQE11AP+M9s3DnqG7Y5zIGA2EXtZVZHOwxTi8inE gNfj8Efr2DyqbcDpXR9/5rWPXlP3TOUjQuMBS47fBfLCdmeI6L9jPXC87sSQHc3v 0WLB/axuyi7djH+CvNG/t/dIJV5Z2s6Dn8yao8+RoBbsSLpCQipG2dx5ORcL1D1H MWB/2xEuXj0= =7Ws5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
