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From: gary@ncn.com (Gary Halleen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: 2.1 Mail Problem
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 10:07:03 GMT
Organization: RGNet
Lines: 51
Message-ID: <4g1k9r$sqj@news0.rain.rg.net>
NNTP-Posting-Host: garyslip.chemek.cc.or.us
X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82

I recently upgraded to BSDI 2.1 from 2.01.  Most things have gone
good, however, I'm still fighting one problem.

When mail is sent from this machine to a certain user, it always
fails.  This is what it looks like:

sll@bos.dol-esa.gov... Connecting to fenix2.dol-esa.gov. via smtp...
sll@bos.dol-esa.gov... Connecting to smtp_gw.dol-esa.gov. via smtp...
220-falcon.dol-esa.gov Sendmail 8.6.12/8.6.12 ready at Fri, 16 Feb
1996 04:50:20
220 ESMTP spoken here
>>> EHLO mail.ncn.com
500 Command unrecognized
>>> HELO mail.ncn.com
500 Command unrecognized
>>> QUIT
500 Command unrecognized
sll@bos.dol-esa.gov... Service unavailable    


However, when the same message is sent from a Linux computer, this is
what happens:

sll@bos.dol-esa.gov... Connecting to fenix2.dol-esa.gov. (smtp)...
sll@bos.dol-esa.gov... Connecting to smtp_gw.dol-esa.gov. (smtp)...
220-falcon.dol-esa.gov Sendmail 8.6.12/8.6.12 ready at Fri, 16 Feb
1996 04:53:30
220 ESMTP spoken here
>>> EHLO bytor.chemek.cc.or.us
250-falcon.dol-esa.gov Hello bytor.chemek.cc.or.us [199.101.8.123],
pleased to u
250-EXPN
250-SIZE
250 HELP
>>> MAIL From:<gary@bytor.chemek.cc.or.us> SIZE=60
250 <gary@bytor.chemek.cc.or.us>... Sender ok
>>> RCPT To:<sll@bos.dol-esa.gov>
250 <sll@bos.dol-esa.gov>... Recipient ok
>>> DATA
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
>>> .
250 EAA29194 Message accepted for delivery
sll@bos.dol-esa.gov... Sent (EAA29194 Message accepted for delivery)
Closing connection to smtp_gw.dol-esa.gov.
>>> QUIT
221 falcon.dol-esa.gov closing connection

What is wrong with the BSDI mail?  It worked before the upgrade.  It
works fine for all the other people mail is sent to...