Problem with mailx

Posted in 2003

Topics: Networking & sqlhosts Configuration

Warren Ho — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 10:35:01 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Hi all I hope someone will be able to help with this: I am using mailx (or a script that uses this) to send email attachents out to our clients. The problem is that some of our clients are unable to recieve these mails as they claim the email address is invalid. This is once such error message : "2003-04-11 08:48:09 H=mfwjs03.mfw.is.co.za [196.35.77.21] sender verify fail for <informix@billserv.smartcom.co.za>: Unrouteable address" How do I go about changing the address from which the email is sent from? I have tried editing the /etc/hosts file, but that did't help: ... ... ... # @(#)hosts,v 6.1 1993/08/21 02:17:48 stevea Exp - STREAMware TCP/IP sourc e # SCCS IDENTIFICATION xxx.x.x.x localhost xxx.xx.xxx.xx1 billserv billserv.smartcom.co.za xxx.xx.xxx.xx2 smartsrv smartsrv.smartcom.co.za xxx.xx.xxx.xx3 smarttst smarttst.smartcom.co.za ... ... ... Please advise. Regards Warren Ho Tel: +27 11 5074600