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From: David Stoddard <dgs@us.net>
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Subject: Re: Sending email from FreeBSD
To: gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG (Gary Palmer)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:34:27 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr,
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In-Reply-To: <8420.905969802@gjp.erols.com> from "Gary Palmer" at Sep 16, 98 02:16:42 pm
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	There a couple of places on the net to test mail delivery.  If
	you send a message to bounce@us.net, the server will return your
	original message with full headers intact.  If your message does
	not come back, it is likely that your return address or some
	other aspect of your mail service is misconfigured.

	In the case where mail does not come back, you can send a test
	message to test@us.net, then pick up the phone and call 301-361-6000
	and ask to talk to someone in US Net technical support.  When an
	engineer gets on the line, explain to them that you sent a message
	to test@us.net and you need them to read the message headers back
	to you over the phone (test@us.net is just like bounce@us.net,
	except that a copy of the message is redirected to support@us.net
	for debugging purposes).

	Note that bounce@us.net is available for anyone on the net to use,
	while test@us.net is supposed to be for US Net customers.  If you
	are not a customer of US Net, as long as you are friendly to the
	engineer on the phone (and the engineer is not busy), most are
	usually willing to help out with messages sent to test@us.net.
	On the other hand, if you are not a customer and you ask them to
	help you debug your mail server configuration (or some other long
	involved support task), be prepared to pull out your Visa card ...

	Dave Stoddard
	US Net Incorporated
	301-361-6000
	dgs@us.net

> Graeme Brown wrote in message ID
> <n1306184166.86899@maczebedee>:
> > Sep 16 09:06:21 freeb1 sendmail[5097]: JAA05097: from=graeme, size=94,
> > class=0, pri=30094, nrcpts=1,
> > msgid=<199809160806.JAA05097@freeb1.bt-sys.bt.co.uk>, relay=graeme@localhost
> > Sep 16 09:07:04 freeb1 sendmail[5097]: JAA05097:
> > to=graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk, ctladdr=graeme (201/20), delay=00:00:43,
> > xdelay=00:00:43, mailer=esmtp, relay=mailhub.axion.bt.co.uk. [132.146.5.4],
> > stat=Sent (Submitted & queued (75/msg.26674-0))
> 
>Gary Palmer writes:
> Your message got delivered to the machine `mailhub.axion.bt.co.uk' at
> 9:07 am on September the 16th, and the machine accepted it for further
> processing. The fault lies on the other side. Your machine is sending mail
> fine. Check with your postmaster to see what their system is saying.


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