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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!uni-mannheim!toor From: toor@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de (Peppermint Lucy) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD 0.9, Mail question.. Date: 17 Oct 1993 13:51:08 GMT Organization: Rechenzentrum Uni-Mannheim Lines: 21 Message-ID: <29rikc$p3h@darum.uni-mannheim.de> References: <17OCT93.10221120@tifrvax.tifr.res.in> NNTP-Posting-Host: wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de In article <17OCT93.10221120@tifrvax.tifr.res.in>, <bhiksha@tifrvax.tifr.res.in> wrote: >I am unable to receive mail on my NetBSD 0.9. >When i send mail locally (i.e to myself or anyone else on the m/c) >the mail is stored in the spool/mqueue, but nothing appears in the >spool/mail. 2 options: a) read a book on configuring sendmail. b) Edit /etc/sendmail.cf (or cp /etc/sendmail.cf_proto to it, and then edit) Replace all the mentionings of relay-hosts, with the name of a machine right near you, that knows how to send mail, best is your official local mail-relay-host. follow the other directions in /etc/sendmail.cf replacing where neccessary. mail should land in /var/mail not in spool/mail. if above fails go to option a. Cheers -- Bankers do it with interest (penalty for early withdrawal).