I have the follwoing setup on my IBM Thinkpad running Debian slink: when I am in the office I have sendmail configured to route all mail to my permanently connected 9.87.2.151 machine.
when I am disconnected (with only my 127.0.0.1) I would only need to be able to send mail to my local users (for instance the anacron package requires this). Now when i issue a "mail bob" command, where bob is my local user, whether I am connected or not I do not get any mail in my local mailbox. Thank you for any help .. here are some data which might help. I am not running bind on my machine. Have an /etc/nsswitch which points to files first [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost deb760xl.italy.ibm.com 9.87.2.242 300pl 9.87.2.151 pan pan.ncrome.romesc.ibm.com 9.87.251.63 diraix diraix-rm.italy.ibm.com 9.87.248.54 rja rja.italy.ibm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dpkg -s sendmail Package: sendmail Status: install ok installed Priority: extra Section: mail Installed-Size: 1356 Maintainer: Richard Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 8.9.1-4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > sudo tail /var/log/mail.info Aug 11 10:18:22 deb760xl sendmail[2006]: KAA02006: from=root, size=33, class=0, pri=30033, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aug 11 10:18:22 deb760xl sendmail[2008]: KAA02006: to=root, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=nullclient, relay=9.87.2.151, stat=Deferred: Name server: 9.87.2.151: host name lookup failure Aug 11 10:30:15 deb760xl sendmail[223]: KAA00223: from=bob, size=39, class=0, pri=30039, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00223: to=bob, ctladdr=bob (1000/1000), delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=nullclient, relay=9.87.2.151, stat=Host unknown (Name server: 9.87.2.151: host not found) Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00223: KAA00225: DSN: Host unknown (Name server: 9.87.2.151: host not found) Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00225: to=bob, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=nullclient, relay=9.87.2.151, stat=Host unknown (Name server: 9.87.2.151: host not found) Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00225: KAB00225: return to sender: Host unknown (Name server: 9.87.2.151: host not found) Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAB00225: to=postmaster, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=nullclient, relay=9.87.2.151, stat=Host unknown (Name server: 9.87.2.151: host not found) Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00225: Losing qfKAA00225: savemail panic Aug 11 10:30:18 deb760xl sendmail[225]: KAA00225: SYSERR(bob): savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere: No such file or directory -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy
