Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:07:34 -0600 From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> To: jeff@stat.uconn.edu (Jeffrey M. Metcalf) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mail Configuration error Message-ID: <199603200007.SAA01240@complete.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 18 Mar 1996 09:36:11 EST." <9603181436.AA00923@ruddles.stat.uconn.edu>
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Instead of complaining about the FreeBSD documentation (written by volunteers), why haven't you yet read the SendMail documentation? > Hi, > > I thought I would ask if you could identify the problem I am having with my > mailer on FreeBSD. The manpages aren't detailed enough and the FreeBSD handbook > portion which describes the mailing system has not been completed yet by the > people at Walnut Creek. I have a PPP connection to the internet which seems > to be working fine. I am allocated a dynamic IP address when I connect and > I am basically able to use all my internet client software such as ftp, telnet, > etc. By telnetting to my host at UConn, I found my IP address at the time of > the connection and sent a mail message to my FreeBSD machine "katya.jnsm.com" > you will see in the log file. The message was both bounced back at me at my > UConn address and left with my root account on FreeBSD instead of being sent > to the appropriate user. My users seem to be able to mail each other locally, > but I am still getting some kind of configuration error as follows in the > transscript. > > Thank You, > > J. Metcalf > > >From MAILER-DAEMON Sun Mar 17 17:03:38 1996 > Received: from localhost (localhost) by katya.jnsm.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with internal id RAA00380; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:03:37 -0500 > Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:03:37 -0500 > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON> > Subject: Returned mail: Local configuration error > Message-Id: <199603172203.RAA00380@katya.jnsm.com> > To: <jeff@stat.uconn.edu> > To: postmaster > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="RAA00380.827100217/katya.jnsm.com" > Status: R > > This is a MIME-encapsulated message > > --RAA00380.827100217/katya.jnsm.com > > The original message was received at Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:03:34 -0500 > from uconnvm.uconn.edu [137.99.26.3] > > ----- The following addresses had delivery problems ----- > <sonya@ppp02p03.ucc.uconn.edu> (unrecoverable error) > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 553 katya.jnsm.com config error: mail loops back to myself > 554 <sonya@ppp02p03.ucc.uconn.edu>... Local configuration error > > ----- Original message follows ----- > > --RAA00380.827100217/katya.jnsm.com > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > > Return-Path: <@UConnVM.UConn.Edu:jeff@stat.uconn.edu> > Received: from UConnVM.UConn.Edu (uconnvm.uconn.edu [137.99.26.3]) by katya.jnsm.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA00378 for <sonya@ppp02p03.ucc.uconn.edu>; Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:03:34 -0500 > Received: from ruddles.stat.uconn.edu by UConnVM.UConn.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) > with TCP; Sun, 17 Mar 96 17:04:23 EST > Received: by ruddles.stat.uconn.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) > id AA28981; Sun, 17 Mar 96 16:59:41 EST > Date: Sun, 17 Mar 96 16:59:41 EST > From: jeff@stat.uconn.edu (Jeffrey M. Metcalf) > Message-Id: <9603172159.AA28981@ruddles.stat.uconn.edu> > To: sonya@ppp02p03.ucc.uconn.edu > Subject: This is from Ruddles!! > > > Hey there, > > > --RAA00380.827100217/katya.jnsm.com-- > > > > -- John Goerzen, programmer and owner | Freedom..liberty..justice..democracy| Communications Centre, Goessel, KS | ..limits on free spech on the Net...| Main e-mail: jgoerzen@complete.org | Which one doesn't belong? |
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