uucp scripts (continued)

[Alexis Rosen]

In article <AUXPOST%90110710133097 at PUCC.BITNET> MATLEVAN at EKU (Jerry LeVan) writes:
>However mail does not seem to work! I have
>tried
>  mail name!user and
>  mailx name!user and
>  rmail name!user
>After I exit the mail programs, nothing happens,
>no log files are created in the spool area, The phone
>never goes off hook etc. Seems like the letter drops
>into a black hole!
>
>If UUCP works why does mail not work? (I am using ksh)

This stuff is tricky. There are several points:

1) currently, Apple ships a sample /usr/lib/sendmail.cf which contains
information which would put bogus headers on out-system mail.

2) To avoid sending such mail, they also graciously supply you with a
zero byte long sendmail.fc. No wonder your mail goes nowhere...

3) They also supply the m4 stuff to build a real sendmail.cf but their
prototypes are very broken for uucp. Bang paths will work but internet-
style stuff fails.

The anser, fortunately, is simple. Scarf up the sendmail.cf file I posted
a few days ago, install it, and go. Shouldn't take more than five minutes.

Good luck,
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Alexis Rosen
Owner/Sysadmin, PANIX Public Access Unix, NY
{cmcl2,apple}!panix!alexis