Solution - need tabs for separators for rulesets in sendmail.cf file
had to make sure that what separated the following were tabs
R$*@irus.rri.on.ca $#local$:$1 # also my name
So much for cutting and pasting...
>
>Hi!
>
>My network is going to be changing from irus.rri.uwo.ca to
>irus.rri.on.ca, and I need to accommodate this in my current
>sendmail.cf file. I've added
>
>R$*@irus.rri.on.ca $#local$:$1 # also my name
>
>to the first ruleset, but it doesn't work. What I need sendmail
>to do now is to accept mail to the new domain as well as to the
>current domain which is irus.rri.uwo.ca. I'm currently running
>SunOS 4.1.3_U1 on a Sparc 10. Is there a simple way for me to
>do this?? The error message that I get now is
>
>>From MAIL-DAEMON@irus.rri.uwo.ca Fri May 9 10:46:46 1997
>>Date: Fri, 9 May 97 10:46:45 EDT
>>From: MAIL-DAEMON@irus.rri.uwo.ca (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
>>Subject: Returned mail: Service unavailable
>>To: postmaster@irus.rri.uwo.ca
>>
>> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>>Connected to vesta.irus.rri.uwo.ca:
>>>>> HELO irus.rri.uwo.ca
>><<< 553 irus.rri.uwo.ca host name configuration error
>>554 <thielen@irus.rri.on.ca>... Service unavailable
>>
No one sent me the correct solution... A sendmail guru
here found it very quickly...
Thanks a lot for all the tips go to
"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
"Plesha, Thomas A. (NSLC Pacific)" <tplesha@nslcpacific.navy.mil>
A Space Oditty <ziggy@trends.ca>
Baranyai Pal <bp@heliosz.vsz.bme.hu>
Claus Assmann <ca@informatik.uni-kiel.de>
Marcelo Maraboli <maraboli@dcsc.utfsm.cl>
Rich Pieri <rich.pieri@prescienttech.com>
bismark@alta.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Bismark Espinoza)
jnguyen@everest.TO.HAC.COM (John Nguyen)
rali@meitca.com (Reto Lichtensteiger)
sue
Susan KJ Thielen System/Network Manager
Imaging Lab, Robarts Research Institute Phone: (519) 663-5777x4029
PO Box 5015, 100 Perth Drive Fax: (519) 663-3900
London, ON N6A 5K8 Canada E-mail: thielen@irus.rri.uwo.ca
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