When I configured my machine to have a hostname on a network, I began
to experience occasional problems that seem to be that some machines to
which I send e-mail can't resolve my machine's name.
I'm running RH6.0. The problem occurs when I use rmail under emacs for
mailing. The problem affects only some of my mail, and it does not affect
mail messages sent via a modem connection using xminicom.
Here is a typical error message. My e-mail address is brownh@hartford-
hwp.com. The hostname is teufel.hartford-hwp.com
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The original message was received at Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:47:53 -0400
from brownh@localhost
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
[recipient address]
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to [recipient address]:
>>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=2966
<<< 501 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Sender domain must exist
501 [recipient address]... Data format error
--GAA17832.939898077/teufel.hartford-hwp.com
Content-Type: message/delivery-status
Reporting-MTA: dns; teufel.hartford-hwp.com
Arrival-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:47:53 -0400
