On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Barry Surtees wrote: > I am having problems getting sendmail to forward mail to our exchange > server. > > I have had no problems with this until release 9. > > When I send mail using the -v switch I get the following. > > [barrys@xxxxxxxxx barrys]$ echo "test" | mail -v > barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > sxhealth.co.nz: Name server timeout > barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Transient parse error -- message queued for > future deli > very > barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx queued > > The hosts file and resolv.conf file are configured correctly. > I have no problems pinging sxhnoex2.sxhealth > > I am using the following 2 options in sendmail.cf > > define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp:sxhnoex2.sxhealth')dnl > FEATURE(`nocanonify')dnl > > I am doing the changes in /etc/mail > > I do notice there is a new config file submit.cf , does this have to be > modified? > > I have spent ages trying different things , searching and reading. > > Any assistance will be greatly appreciated Are those 'SMART_HOST' and 'FEATURE' lines actually in /etc/sendmail.cf, or in your sendmail.mc file? If they're in your .mc file, and you've run m4 against it, what does your DS line look like in the actual /etc/sendmail.cf file? -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe