[techtalk] mail command

Lynne Wander lynne at sendmail.com
Thu Sep 30 10:22:36 EST 1999


you can try running sendmail -bt, which will put you into ruletesting mode,
and then typing in 3,0 username at at.cis.hostname.com, which will show you
the address rewrites as sendmail goes through the rulesets and deals with
the address.

that will let you know where the translation is being made.

if you need help with the output, let me know.

if your question is not "why is the at being translated into an @ sign?",
but actually something else like, "how do I make the address appear to come
from username at hostname.com? isntead of username at at.cis.hostname.com?", let
me know, and i will help you with that as well.

Lynne


>

>
>Cat,
>
>> I am having some trouble with the 'mail' command.  I am trying to send
>> (from the command line) a mail to an address that is of the form:
>> username at at.cis.hostname.com.  Username and hostname are substitutes, but
>> the at.cis. is literal.  
>> 
>> Both mail and sendmail are switching the address to 
>> 'username@@.cis.hostname.com', and the mails are being rejected because my
>> email server can't find .cis.hostname.com.  I've looked in my mail
>> documentation, and cannot figure out how to get the at.cis taken
>> literally.  I have also tried putting \s in front of the @, a, and t, and
>> combinations of the three -- no luck.
>> 
>> The mail command has to be from the command line.  Any ideas?
>



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