How far does the mail get before it bounces? (does it get to your ISP's mail server?) It could be that your machine name is not a valid domain name, and therefore DNS confirmation fails.
BTW I use exim instead of smail, and it works like a charm.
On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 07:16:53PM +0000, Abdul Aziz wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to Debian and am trying to get smail working (using Elm) on
> 2.1 Slink - standard install from CD's. I keep getting the message
> cannot parse fully qualified domain. I filled in the name of my ISP
> (lineone.net) for the smarthost part of the config (I also tried
> smtp.lineone.net which got the same message). I'm a bit lost, here as
> you'll see straightaway.
> I have the DNS of the ISP in /etc/resolv.conf and can connect OK to the
> net and send e-mail from netscape (please help me get smail working!).
> Any information to get me on the right track much appreciated - or point
> me to some info. I've read the man, which didn't mean much to me, and
> the docs in /usr/doc - ditto. Is the smarthost my ISP and do I have to
> configure another file or files somewhere to get smail working? Thanks.
>
>
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