Ok,
Heres the situation:
We have a Dec 2100 running dUnix 3.2b and DEC's sendmail 5.65. When we
send a piece of email from another machine (for example a Linux box or an
SCO box we have here) to the alpha it works fine.
However, if the user has a .forward file in their home directory,
wierdness occures. The email gets forwarded correctly but when arriving at
the off-site machine, the return address reads:
xxxx_at_gold (gold being the name of the linux box in this case).
There is no domain name attached to the line and thus when "Reply"ing to
the email, it sends to xxx_at_#gold which is an invalid address and bounces.
This does not occure if the mail was originally sent from a remote machine
(not in the comsource.net domain). Here's a copy of the mail headers:
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Return-Path: <root_at_GOLD>
Received: from PSUVM (NJE origin SMTP_at_PSUVM) by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (LMail
V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0941; Fri 17 May 1996 09:34:17 -0400
Received: from alpha.comsource.net by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2)
with TCP;
Fri 17 May 96 09:34:15 EDT
Received: from gold by alpha.comsource.net; (5.65/1.1.8.2/20Mar96-1058AM)
id AA14391; Fri 17 May 1996 08:35:03 -0500
Received: (from root_at_localhost) by gold.comsource.net (8.7.3/8.6.9) id
IAA09380
for test_at_comsource.net; Fri 17 May 1996 08:34:15 -0500
Date: Fri 17 May 1996 08:34:15 -0500
From: root <root_at_gold>
Message-Id: <199605171334.IAA09380_at_gold.comsource.net>
To: test_at_comsource.net
Test from Gold
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Is anyone else having this problem and is there an easy fix for it?
Any help would be apreciated!!! Thanks All!
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Received on Fri May 17 1996 - 16:06:37 NZST