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Re: Compu$erve RFC 1123 5.3.3 violation

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Misiak-Rishaw)
Sat Nov 16 12:59:08 1996

In-Reply-To: <199611161626.LAA27394@dilbert.multiverse.com> from Jamie at "Nov 16, 96 11:26:51 am"
To: jamie@multiverse.net
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 12:41:10 -0500 (EST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Rob Misiak-Rishaw <rob@arpa.com>

Jamie wrote ...
  > 
  > $ host mailgate.compuserve.com
  > mailgate.compuserve.com is a nickname for mx3.compuserve.com
  > mx3.compuserve.com has address 149.174.206.135
  > mx3.compuserve.com has address 149.174.177.136
  > mx3.compuserve.com has address 149.174.217.133
  > mx3.compuserve.com has address 149.174.217.137
  > mx3.compuserve.com has address 149.174.217.136
  > mx3.compuserve.com has address 149.174.217.135
  > mx3.compuserve.com has address 149.174.177.134
  > mx3.compuserve.com has address 149.174.177.133
  > mx3.compuserve.com has address 149.174.206.137
  > mx3.compuserve.com has address 149.174.206.136

Make the DontExpandCnames option true in your /etc/sendmail.cf, and when
customers start bitching that they can't send mail to CompuServe addresses,
tell them that it is CIS's fault, and give them the CIS customer service
number :)


Rob


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