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- From: vds7789@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com (Vincent D. Skahan)
- Subject: Re: Reason a new .UUCP address bounces mail??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.145951.8270@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com>
- Organization: none
- References: <rccarm00.724959536@mik.uky.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:59:51 GMT
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- rccarm00@nx19.mik.uky.edu (ron c carman) writes:
-
- > I recently established a new mail/news feed, and have managed to
- >get mail running in both directions, but when I try to send mail to
- >darmok.UUCP (that's my site) from Internet, the mail always bounces.
- >Error responses say "unable to find remote address", or words to that
- >effect.
- > I spoke to the person in charge of mail for our site, and his
- >response was to ask about the configuration of mail at my end. I don't
- >think the problem could possibly be at my end; I've been over the static
- >file a dozen times, and it seems to be set up just fine.
- > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
-
- the problem *is* on your end, but your mail person isn't helping you
- too much in this case.
-
- the problem is that you're telling people you're in the .UUCP domain,
- which does NOT (!!!!) exist. I'd strongly recommend getting yourself
- 'domainized', perhaps in the .us domain (which has worked well for me
- at home).
-
- If you really want to be a uucp-only site, you'll need to get into the
- UUCP maps, which requires action on your part and usually has a considerable
- time delay before the maps propagate worldwide.
-
- Also, you want your headers (set in static) to be a known good address
- from a known site...(maybe something like yoursite!you@some.internet.site
- if the internet site can parse yoursite!you and get mail to you).
-
- see the Waffle FAQ, and the news.answers FAQ 'how to become a usenet site'
- for more details...
-
- --
- --------- Vince Skahan ----- vds7789@aw101.iasl.ca.boeing.com -------
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