Re: tlug: Can't send mail!

[Yong-Ming Hua <yhua@example.com>]

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tlug note from Yong-Ming Hua <yhua@example.com>
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Hello folks,

Christopher Wiles wrote:
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> tlug note from Christopher Wiles <wileyc@example.com>
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> On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Yong-Ming Hua wrote:
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> >     I am stuck in sendmail. I have a wee network as below
> > at home.
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> (snip)
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> >    Both A and B have same network addresses. Both are
> > running sendmail. But, B can't send mails to A, nor
> > A to B for some unknown reason.
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> A useful thing to try is "/usr/sbin/sendmail -q -d" ... the -q tells
> sendmail that you wish to process the outgoing queue, and the -d displays
> copious amounts of debugging information to stdout (stderr?  I forget
> which).
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> That should pinpoint exactly why sendmail can't talk to the other machine
> ...
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> --      Chris (wileyc@example.com)

Thanks for your advice, Chris. I have fiddled with all sorts of things
and at last I've found out one fact. And that is so simple that I look
like a simple BAKA. When a network doesn't use DNS, such as a wee
network
at home, the sendmail should be linked to sendmail.nomx, not to
sendmail.mx.
That is that! And if necessary, sendmail.cf should be customized, but in
my case it was not necessary. Now I am all right.

I was planning to come to the next tlug meeting. But unfortunately
I broke my leg the other day in an incredible accident. I could
walk with crutches but very slow. So perhaps the next time.

Thanks.

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