Re: flexfax: Mail Gateway

[Hugh Caley <hughc@lombard.babcockbrown.com>]

Here's an update on my maiil gateway situation:  I can send mail to the
fax server in the form phonenumber@user.fax, and the mail will be faxed;
however I always get the message "Unknown mailer error 139" (or actually
root on the mail server gets this message).

Also, if I attach a postscript file to the message, the first page shows
up as a tiny graphic in the lower left corner of the page with the text
of the message, and any further pages are fine, followed by a single
blank page.

Has anyone seen either of these two problems before?

Phil Watkinson wrote:

> At 17:57 03/12/1997 -0800, Hugh Caley  wrote:
> >I am attempting to set up a mail gateway to hylafax; I have added the
>
> >lines recommended by the faxmail README file to sendmail.cf, i.e.:
> >
> >R$+<@$+.FAX>            $#fax $@ $2 $: $1            user@host.FAX
> >
> >to Ruleset 0 and the mailer
> >
> >Mfax,                P=/usr/local/lib/fax/mailfax, F=DFMShu,
> M=100000,
> >                        A=mailfax $u $h $f
> >
> >but whenever I send mail to user@host.FAX (example:
> root@92671000.FAX) I
> >get:
> >
> >"550 root@9261000.FAX... Host unknown (Name server: 92671000.fax:
> host
> >not found)".
> >
> >This would seem to indicate a problem with the rewriting of the
> address,
> >but I don't see any particular problem there.  Can anyone help me?
> >
>
> This is, unfortunately, a typical problem; due to two reasons :
>
>         1. Manual editing of sendmail.cf
>         2. Incorrect mailfax.sh-sendmail in v4.0pl1
>
>
> >
> Aren't you a British heavy engineering/shipbuilding company? I didn't
> know they were any left.
>
> Cheers,
> Phil Watkinson,
> Boston, UK.

I don't know; I don't think so!  We're a finacial company based in SF
with offices all over the world (including London).

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Hugh Caley
System Administrator | Babcock & Brown, SF
hughc@babcockbrown.com | 415-512-1515 x 694