Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!rutgers!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!alberta!calgary!arcsun!kasper From: kasper@arcsun.UUCP (Richard Kasperski) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.mail.misc Subject: mail from SUN to Symbolics Message-ID: <145@arcsun.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Jan-87 11:04:46 EST Article-I.D.: arcsun.145 Posted: Tue Jan 13 11:04:46 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Jan-87 22:03:49 EST Organization: Alberta Research Council, Calgary, Ab. Lines: 30 Keywords: SUN Symbolics mail Xref: mnetor comp.bugs.4bsd:123 comp.mail.misc:37 Help!!! When I mail a message across the ethernet from a SUN to a Symbolics the SMTP mailer on the SUN hangs while waiting for a reply to the HELO message. It appears that the Symbolics never sends the appropriate reply. However when a message is send from the Symbolics to the SUN the transferal is succesful. This leads me to believe that the problem is not with the Symbolics mailer but rather with the mailer on the SUN( I have other evidence that points this way ). On the net a while ago was a mail message about the 4.2 mailer not always adhering to the SMTP standard. Something to do with not terminating lines in the correct way? In an attempt to test this I have run the mailer with the -ba ( arpanet mode ) which is supposed to terminate lines correctly. We run the sendmail configuration file that was supplied to us by SUN with modifications to the address translation scheme to handle our local network of machines. The effect of these modifications can be ignored because the machines only set up the communication path but never send any information across it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Richard Kasperski Alberta Research Council Calgary, Alberta ...{ alberta }!calgary!arcsun!kasper PS. Asking for help when you feel you've missed the obvious is humbling!!!