[NTLUG:Discuss] Sendmail error

[Jack Snodgrass]

On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 12:30:00 -0500, Richard Humphrey wrote:

> When I try to send an email from my work email, to my home email, i get
> the following error returned to me by my home mail server. I dont see
> how this is a relay attempt. I am running up2date RH 8.0, sendmail on my
> home machine. I am simply trying to send myself an email fom work, to
> home. What gives?
> 
> The original message was received at Thu, 3 Jul 2003 12:20:54 -0500
> from [192.168.0.17]
> 
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <richard at rhumphrey.com>
>     (reason: 550 5.7.1 <richard at rhumphrey.com>... Relaying denied)
> 
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to mail.rhumphrey.com.:
>>>> RCPT To:<richard at rhumphrey.com>
> <<< 550 5.7.1 <richard at rhumphrey.com>... Relaying denied
> 550 5.1.1 <richard at rhumphrey.com>... User unknown
> 
> 
> 
>  Richard Humphrey

this says that the box you connected to and did a 
RCPT To:<richard at rhumphrey.com>
to does not know that it's supposed to receive mail for 
rhumphrey.com.  

Is mail.rhumphrey.com really your 'home' computer?

jack