From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 21:44:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68016106566B for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:44:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D4BB8FC18 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:44:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay13.apple.com (relay13.apple.com [17.128.113.29]) by mail-out4.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36B834DCCDA9; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:44:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay13.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay13.apple.com (Symantec Brightmail Gateway) with ESMTP id 1F8F828117; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:44:52 -0800 (PST) X-AuditID: 1180711d-ab02abb000000ff0-39-496673d49bfe Received: from cswiger1.apple.com (cswiger1.apple.com [17.227.140.124]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay13.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id 0201628113; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:44:52 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <897A0E62-7897-4360-87ED-53A45ACD83AC@mac.com> From: Chuck Swiger To: Matthew Davidson [DATACOM] In-Reply-To: <46562C5EECFA8C47AADDF029EE11D73D0804F921@dnzwgex1.datacom.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:44:51 -0800 References: <46562C5EECFA8C47AADDF029EE11D73D0804F921@dnzwgex1.datacom.co.nz> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:36:28 +0000 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: issue with extra top level domain appened to mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:44:52 -0000 On Jan 8, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Matthew Davidson [DATACOM] wrote: > I have a problem with a vanlia 6.3/6.4 install that any mail generated > gets an extra top level domain appended to the domain. > > This is causing mail delivery failures and much frustration. Run "/usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail -bt -d 0.1" and it should show a section called "SYSTEM IDENTITY" which should indicate what it is seeing for your "short domain name", "subdomain name", etc. That should indicate what you need to change, but if nothing else works, adjust this in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: # my official domain name # ... define this only if sendmail cannot automatically determine your domain #Dj$w.Foo.COM Regards, -- -Chuck