Hello again,
Here is my original question:
> System information:
>
> o SPARC 1+ (dataless client)
> o SunOS 4.1.2
>
> Question:
>
> We have two SPARC 1+'s that have started to give this error when
> sending mail:
>
> Error contacting remote server mailhost
>
> The server, mailhost, is defined in the NIS and both machines
> have no trouble mounting /var/spool/mail. Users on both machines
> can read mail, but if they try to send mail, the above message
> appears.
>
> I tried to change the name, mailhost, in the /etc/fstab to the
> actual machine name that we get mail from, but the error message
> just came back with that name at the end, instead of mailhost.
>
> The /etc/sendmail.cf file is the normal one for subsidiary machines.
>
> Plea:
>
> Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. I would hate
> to reinstall the OS again. :}
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -- Richard
I received six responses. Thanks go out to:
danny@ews7.dseg.ti.com (?)
lf@gsc.ele.puc-rio.br (Luis Fernando V. Gomes)
frank@tardis.acs.ohio-state.edu (Frank G. Fiamingo)
cseb@frodo.lfi.uni-hannover.de (Christian Sebeke)
trdlnk!mike@uunet.UU.NET (Michael Sullivan)
jdavis@acenet.auburn.edu (Jonathan C. Davis) --->> BLUE RIBBON
Jonathan had the correct answer. He said that /usr/lib/sendmail was the mx
version rather than the subsidiary version, thus causing sendmail to get
confused when it tried to contact the mailhost. (The reason is beyond the
scope of this article, so the proof is left as an exercise for the reader.)
Many thanks to all who responded.
-- Richard
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