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To: dale <khail@lovett-2030.lovett.rice.edu>
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From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: sysinstall 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 07 May 1996 15:00:42 CDT."
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Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 23:17:47 +0100
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dale wrote in message ID
<Pine.BSF.3.91.960507145621.540B-100000@lovett-2030.lovett.rice.edu>:
> yeah, that is what i did it works fine now, however the mail problem is 
> still bugging me...

Don't use IP addresses, or if you REALLY must, enclose them in []'s. i.e.

root@[128.42.161.30]

Sending mail to local users is best done with either no `@hostname'
suffix or by using the hostname `localhost'.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                            FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD - Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info.