Does it fail using the fully qualified domain name? I am not very familier with "other" sendmail programs and could not tell if your config is using sendmail... If so, check your sendmail.cf file and make sure you have an alias for the receiving machine as 'sewage' without any domain.
-Lane -----Original Message----- From: the lone gunman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User's List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 7:50 PM Subject: some email won't go... > >I asked earlier about having an incorrect hostname, and it affecting >emails (i.e. some email doesn't go through). > >Here's a copy of a returned email (the references to "sewage" are my >hostname; I have my hostname setup as "sewage"): > >From MAILER-DAEMON Wed Aug 19 19:43:05 1998 >Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON> >Received: from sewage by sewage > via smail with bsmtp > id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Debian Smail3.2.0.101) > for <lgunman>; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 19:43:04 -0500 (CDT) >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 19:43:04 -0500 (CDT) >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: lgunman >Subject: mail failed, returning to sender >Reference: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Status: RO >Content-Length: 587 >Lines: 14 > >|------------------------- Failed addresses follow: ---------------------| > <address_of_intended_receiver> ... transport smtp: 501 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... invalid host name sewage, check your configuration. >|------------------------- Message text follows: ------------------------| >Received: by sewage > via send-mail from stdin > id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Debian Smail3.2.0.101) > for <unknown>; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 19:43:02 -0500 (CDT) >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 19:43:02 -0500 (CDT) >From: lgunman (the lone gunman) >To: <address_of_intended_receiver> >Subject: test > >[body not included] > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
