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Date:      Mon, 24 Mar 1997 18:08 -0500 (EST)
From:      MDM <MDM+aSACODEF%Sacodefense@mcimail.com>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   email does not work
Message-ID:  <97032423080998/0006695923PK1EM@MCIMAIL.COM>

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I am using 2.1.5-release, and I have configured ppp so that I can read the
news (gnus) using a nntp connection and normal network operations (telnet,
ftp, etc) do work.  I have been assigned a static IP address by my ISP.
I start "sendmail -bd" from the etc/sysconfig file and then issue the command
"sendmail -q" after making  the ppp connection and again after sending a
message.  My machine (486dx2) does have the hostname set, but the name is not
registered with InterNIC.

My problem is mail (post, sendmail, whatever) does not work.  I use emacs and
mh to handle mail.  When I send a message, I get the following error
messages:

post:  problem initializing servers [BHST] no servers available
send:  message not delivered to anyone

I receive these same error messages regardless of whether I send to a
exterior address or another account on my machine (486dx2).

thanks for any hints or clues.

                            V--- email at work (which does work) ---V
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ Mark McDonald           ~ Email:  mdm+asacodef%669-5923@mcimail.com ~
~ Senior Design Engineer  ~ Phone:  207.283.3611x157                  ~
~ Saco Defense, Inc.      ~ Fax:    207.286.3129                      ~
~ 291 North St.           ~                                           ~
~ Saco, ME  04072         ~                                           ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~






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