Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 16:24:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Gabriel Selmi <gabe406@connix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807301622080.17630-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35C0FF03.3CF09B64@connix.com>
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On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Gabriel Selmi wrote: > Hi, > > Could someone please help me. I hate to beg, but for 3 months > straight I can't get e-mail to work on two networked FreeBSD machines. > Here is what I have: > > unix.one.com > IP: 197.150.168.1 > Gateway: 197.150.168.102 > Netmask: 255.255.255.0 > > unix.two.com > IP: 197.150.168.2 > Gateway: 197.150.168.2 > Netmask:255.255.255.0 > > I don't have a router setup and the two machines can ftp, telnet, > finger, and even talk to users on each machine. When it comes to sending > e-mail to either of the machines, I get "user unknown" or " > undeliverable address". First of all, I'd suggest giving the machines the same domain name, like one.unix.com and two.unix.com; makes managing things easier. Is this a real network or a fake one? Your `user unknown' may be from another error. Do you have antispam filters installed in your Sendmail configuration? Also make sure that the IP addresses and hostnames are programmed into /etc/hosts on both machines. > At first I tried setting up NIS but that turned to disaster as all the > material I was reading referred to a ypinit that I can't find in > 2.2.5. DNS setup also failed as mail said I was sending to myself in > the MX address. I have spent months looking on the internet, looking > at several manuals, and searching newsgroups, but I can't find anyway > to do e-mail between two network machines. Could someone please (for > my sanity and future marriage) please direct me in some way to > resolving this issue. If you can please e-mail at: gabe406@connix.com. www.sendmail.org is a good resource. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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