From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 10 23:45:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA13547 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:45:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from aztec.co.za (aztec.co.za [196.7.70.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA13538 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:45:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from pcm.co.za [196.3.226.39] by aztec.co.za with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0tw2Hb-000asoC; Mon, 11 Mar 96 09:44 EET Received: from PCM1/MERC_Q by pcm.co.za (Mercury 1.21); 11 Mar 96 09:43:55 +2 Received: from MERC_Q by PCM1 (Mercury 1.21); 11 Mar 96 09:43:34 +2 From: "Irvine Short" Organization: Professional Computer Manufacturers To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 09:43:31 +2 Subject: Sendmail Problems X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Irvine Short" X-pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Message-ID: <4A71C20E9E@pcm.co.za> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi All I'm trying to configure sendmail on my FreeBSD 2.1.0R machine (pcmgate.pcm.co.za) to accept mail for user@pcm.co.za, so I changed the sendmail.cf as follows as suggested by my ISP: Cwpcmgate.pcm.co.za # "Smart" relay host (may be null) DSaztec.co.za # who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) DMpcm.co.za he then replied as follows: >are you sure this sendmail.cf is the active copy? sometimes you have >to freeze the config or something. anyway, this is what i still get: >expn root@pcm.co.za >250 >expn root@pcmgate >250 Irvine Short >expn root@pcmgate.pcm.co.za >250 Irvine Short >the first one indicates that the machine will not accept mail >addressed to user@pcm.co.za >-- pi This is the version of my sendmail: 220-pcmgate.pcm.co.za Sendmail 8.6.12/8.6.12 ready at Mon, 11 Mar 1996 09:34:14 +0200 220 ESMTP spoken here So where is my sendmail reading it's sendmail.cf from? Any ideas? TIA Regards, Irvine Short http://www.pcm.co.za/homepage/ishort/irv_home.html Technical Support Engineer Professional Computer Manufacturers Amalgamated House, Jordaan St Cape Town, South Africa Tel: ++27-21-235084 Fax ++27-21-235089