IRIX 3.3.1 sendmail.cf

[FL17 at DLRVMBS.BITNET]

IRIX 3.3.1 sendmail.cf

Hi netters,

regarding the IRIX 3.3.1 sendmail.cf problem not being able to send
mail to any other host ("rewrite: expansion too long") there is a bug
in the sendmail.cf file (infinite recursion in address parsing). The line

# to unknown host or domain--if we are not a forwarder, send to the forwarder
R$~F!$-!$*<@$+>$*		$@$>29<@$F>:$3@$4$5

should read

# to unknown host or domain--if we are not a forwarder, send to the forwarder
R$~F!$-!$*<@$+>$*		$@<@$F>:$3@$4$5

with the "$>29" removed. After this correction all our current mail troubles
are gone.

Particular thanks go to A. Sun <asun%ocf.Berkeley.EDU at lilac.berkeley.edu>
who reported the error and to Robert Stephens of SGI who suggested address
parsing tests by executing /usr/lib/sendmail -bt.

Thanks to all others for their suggestions. I assume that this info
reaches A. Sun, Robert Stephens, Joe Takai, Loki Jorgensen, David Hinds,
Klaus Koehler and Cindy Starr, too, without sending individual letters.

Best regards,

	Ralf Beyer

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