Re: smail confusion

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

James A. Robinson writes ("Re: smail confusion "):
> > > the linux boxes work with short hostnames, but the smail on our sun
> > > does work with short hostnames.  I used the exact same config files on
> > > the sun as I do on the linux box (basicly taking the stuff your
> > > program generates on the linux box, moving it to the sun, and making
> > > hostname changes).
> > 
> > What version of Smail is the Sun running ?  Debian's Smail is more
> > recent than most people's.
> 
> It looks like the same version, 3.1.29.1:

Oh.  Err, what do you see if you try one of the failing messages with
-v1000 switched on ?  (NB this will produce a *lot* of output.)  In
there somewhere will be Smail's idea of what it's passing to the
resolver.  You might also check for the presence of a qualify file on
the Sun.

Ian.