Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:41:06 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Jim Riffle <rif@ns.kconline.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Returned mail: Host unknown (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970119143751.5571C-200000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970119172736.12329A-100000@rif.kconline.com>
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On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Jim Riffle wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Snob Art Genre wrote:
>
> > > That is a good question, I knowtice at the end it says the sender was
> > > "www@rif.kconline.com" which cannot be true. That is one of my boxes and
> > > I don't have a "www" user defined. The only thing I really have done
> > > today was went and filled out that new server that fellow had created. I
> > > would be willing to bet it is his script which mailed this message..
> >
> > Hmm, I didn't find where it said that -- perhaps you received your own
> > copy of this mail? On the copy I received, the sender was
> > "www@narcissus.ml.org", and I do not have a www user defined either. I
> > also filled out a form on the web, I think at www.hub.org or something
> > like that. Is that what you mean?
>
> Now this is weird!
> Must be sendmail just appending the domain name from the host the message
> was read at.. Here it said my host, and on your machine your host.. So,
> I am not really sure were that message came from. I did not get a copy of
> that message, so perhaps it isn't that script at all. If it was that
> script, I would assume I would have gotten a bounce like you did as well.
> So, I don't think that is what it was, sorry about that. seeing my host
> is there threw me off.
Fascinating! Attached is the message as seen from "cat $MAIL" --
it's actually marked, as you can see, as coming from "www" without a
domain name. Our sendmails are just filling in the blanks.
> Jim
>
>
Ben
The views expressed above are not those of the Worker's Compensation
Board of Queensland, Australia.
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From daemon Sun Jan 19 14:11:01 1997
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:59 +0100 (MET)
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>
Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown
To: www
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
boundary="OAA00414.853679459/gamma.ch"
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)
Status: RO
X-Status:
This is a MIME-encapsulated message
--OAA00414.853679459/gamma.ch
The original message was received at Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:35 +0100 (MET)
from root@localhost
----- The following addresses have delivery notifications -----
lolo@active.ch (unrecoverable error)
----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 lolo@active.ch... Host unknown
--OAA00414.853679459/gamma.ch
Content-Type: message/delivery-status
Reporting-MTA: dns; gamma.ch
Arrival-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:35 +0100 (MET)
Final-Recipient: RFC822; lolo@active.ch
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.2
Remote-MTA: DNS; active.ch
Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:58 +0100 (MET)
--OAA00414.853679459/gamma.ch
Content-Type: message/rfc822
Return-Path: www
Received: (from root@localhost) by gamma.ch (8.7.6/8.7.3) id OAA00412 for lolo@a
ctive.ch; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:35 +0100 (MET)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:35 +0100 (MET)
From: WWW Administrator <www>
Message-Id: <199701191310.OAA00412@gamma.ch>
To: lolo@active.ch
Subject: test
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