Re: All mail to all hosts being bounced; why??
On 27 Oct 1999, aphro wrote:
>
> looks like its just a basic relaying problem. the mail server your using
> to send sees you from freserve.co.uk but you're telling it your from
> doctors.org.uk, in which case you gotta probably add doctors.org.uk to the
> database that tells sendmail to allow relays from that domain(for me the
> file is /usr/local/sendmail/domains-allowed-to-relay) either that or
> change your 'from' to ac@pentelikon.freeserve.co.uk and try again.
>
> nate
>
I think you were right. I tried comparing the email files that worked in
one machine with those that didn't in the other and found that the only
difference was in the "From:" fields. Changing this immediately made the
mail work.
Thank you for making me check this. I can't believe that it's taken me
two weeks to find something so simple. Numerous expletives deleted.
Anthony
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