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Date:      Sun, 19 Oct 1997 18:53:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   undeliverable mail messages
Message-ID:  <199710200153.SAA02769@celebris.tddhome>

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I am using sendmail "version.c 8.8.7.3 (Berkeley) 8/3/97", which has
been working.

Lately, I have been getting undeliverable mail messages when I cc
myself.  If I do not cc myself, the mail seems to be delivered OK.  If
I send mail to myself as tomdean@ix.netcom.com, I get the
undeliverable message.  If I send mail to myself as tomdean@celebris,
it works.  I may have changed something, but, I don't remember doing
it.  Asleep at the wheel?

I have looked thru the sendmail readme's.  Nothing seems applicable to
this problem.  Is this a domain problem?  I see "domain must resolve"
in /var/log/maillog.

I am using emacs 19.34.1.  user-mail-address is tomdean@ix.netcom.com
and mail-host-address is nil.

uname -a
FreeBSD celebris 3.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #2: \
       Mon Aug 25 13:27:44 PDT 1997 \
       root@celebris:/usr/src/sys/compile/CELEBRIS-SMP  i386

I have an masquerade entry in /etc/sendmail.cf "DMix.netcom.com".  Is
there another value that I need to set for mail to myself?

hostname is celebris.  domainname is NULL.

I have a local network, with /etc/hosts entries:
127.0.0.1       localhost       localhost.tddhome
192.168.1.3     celebris        celebris.tddhome
192.168.1.2     tddti           tddti.tddhome
192.168.1.1     tdd486          tdd486.tddhome

/etc/host.conf has
 hosts
 bind

/etc/resolv.conf has
domain          netcom.com
nameserver      199.182.120.203
nameserver      199.182.120.202

If I send mail to tomdean@ix.netcom.com, I get undeliverable messages.
I see the name celebris in the  undeliverable mail messages.

I thought the sendmail.cf DM entry and the emacs user-mail-address
should have prevented this.

What am I missing?

=================  sample undeliverable mail ============================
1, deleted,,
Summary-line: 19-Oct  MAILER-DAEMON  [72] #Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours
Mail-from: From MAILER-DAEMON Sun Oct 19 12:10:11 1997
Received: from localhost (localhost)
        by celebris.tddhome (8.8.7/8.8.5) with internal id MAA01668;
        Sun, 19 Oct 1997 12:10:11 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 12:10:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>
Message-Id: <199710191910.MAA01668@celebris.tddhome>
To: tomdean
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
        boundary="MAA01668.877288211/celebris.tddhome"
Subject: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (warning-timeout)

*** EOOH ***
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 12:10:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>
To: tomdean
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
        boundary="MAA01668.877288211/celebris.tddhome" 
Subject: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (warning-timeout)

This is a MIME-encapsulated message

--MAA01668.877288211/celebris.tddhome
   
    **********************************************
    **      THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY      **
    **  YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE  **
    **********************************************

The original message was received at Sun, 19 Oct 1997 08:02:05 -0700 (PDT)
from tomdean@localhost

   ----- The following addresses had transient non-fatal errors -----
tomdean@ix.netcom.com

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to ixsrs2.ix.netcom.com.:
>>> MAIL From:<tomdean@celebris.tddhome> SIZE=90
<<< 451 <tomdean@celebris.tddhome>... Domain must resolve
... while talking to ixsrs1.ix.netcom.com.:
>>> MAIL From:<tomdean@celebris.tddhome> SIZE=90
<<< 451 <tomdean@celebris.tddhome>... Domain must resolve
tomdean@ix.netcom.com... Deferred: 451 <tomdean@celebris.tddhome>... Domain must resolve
Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
Will keep trying until message is 5 days old

--MAA01668.877288211/celebris.tddhome
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; celebris.tddhome
Arrival-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 08:02:05 -0700 (PDT)

Final-Recipient: RFC822; tomdean@ix.netcom.com
Action: delayed
Status: 4.3.0
Remote-MTA: DNS; ixsrs1.ix.netcom.com
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 451 <tomdean@celebris.tddhome>... Domain must resolve
Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 12:10:11 -0700 (PDT)
Will-Retry-Until: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 08:02:05 -0700 (PDT)

--MAA01668.877288211/celebris.tddhome
Content-Type: message/rfc822

Return-Path: <tomdean>
Received: (from tomdean@localhost)
        by celebris.tddhome (8.8.7/8.8.5) id IAA00342;
        Sun, 19 Oct 1997 08:02:05 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 08:02:05 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <199710191502.IAA00342@celebris.tddhome>
From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@celebris.tddhome>
To: tomdean@ix.netcom.com
Subject: testing at Sun Oct 19 11:41:44 PDT 1997

Should work, set user-mail-address to tomdean@ix.netcom.com

--MAA01668.877288211/celebris.tddhome--

========= /var/log/maillog sample entry for the above message ======

Oct 19 11:09:24 celebris sendmail[1300]: IAA00342:
to=tomdean@ix.netcom.com, ctladdr=tomdean (1001/1001), delay=03:07:19,
xdelay=00:00:55, mailer=esmtp, relay=ixsrs1.ix.netcom.com. [199.
182.120.201], stat=Deferred: 451 <tomdean@celebris.tddhome>... Domain
must resolve



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