domain name problems with sending mail with xmail

[ALH]

Hello,

On an existing config i first have changed the ip adres, hostname and domain. Therefore i changed the following files

/etc/rc.config.d/netconf
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/hosts

i booted the system and everything looked fine and stil it is.

Second i have changed the relay server for the sendmail. I changed it from gateway.alh.nl too smtp003-almere.lpnl.aalh. The lpnl.aalh is the new domain name. When i now send an email to certain adresses i see something strange with the reciptients. I give here some samples:

...@test gives ...@test.alh.nl
...@alh.nl gives ...@alh.nl
...@test.lpnl gives ...@test.alh.nl
...@fake.fake2 gives ...@fake.fake2
...@test. gives ...@test
...@test.lpnl. gives ...@test.lpnl

In some reciptients i see my old domain name alh.nl. I can't find how the system do that. The trailing dot is something new to me too. I must mail to ...@test.lpnl and that i can only do whith a trailing dot after lpnl so the adres is ...@test.lpnl. (see above)

the output from an test with sendmail -v

# sendmail -v mail.ontvanger1@test.lpnl
this is a test
.
mail.ontvanger1@test.lpnl.... Connecting to smtp003-almere.lnpl.aalh. via relay...
220 smtp003.test.merlin ESMTP Service (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.9a) ready at Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:36:40 +0100
>>> EHLO nllsp105.lpnl.aalh
250-smtp003.test.merlin Hello nllsp105.lpnl.aalh ([10.46.19.105]), pleased to meet you
250-HELP
250-SIZE
250 PIPELINING
>>> MAIL From: SIZE=29
250 ceeswiel@nllsp105.lpnl.aalh... Sender OK
>>> RCPT To:
250 mail.ontvanger1@test.alh.nl... Recipient OK
>>> DATA
354 Enter message, end with "." on a line by itself
>>> .
250 Message accepted for delivery
mail.ontvanger1@test.lpnl.... Sent (Message accepted for delivery)
Closing connection to smtp003-almere.lnpl.aalh.
>>> QUIT
221 smtp003.test.merlin SMTP Service closing transmission channel

Can anyone help me to explain this.

thank You
Cees Wielink

[Steven E. Protter]

There are two ways to hard code the domain name into your outbound mail.

1) Make the hostname of the system fully qualified to a name that resolves on the public internet. System name schmo becomes schmo.mydomain.net You change the hostname entry in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf

2) You can change the Dj directive in /etc/sendmail.cf

Change # Dj....

to

Djmydomain.net

save the file

/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop
/sbin/init.d/sendmail start

This will probably solve your issue if I understand the post correctly.

SEP