On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Gan Starling wrote:

> ...And Jeremy C. Reed suggested that I try this...
> 
> gus# jot -s '' 1000 | mail -s "2894 characters" oinkfreebiker@att.net
> gus# (echo "Subject: 2001 characters" ; echo ; jot -s '' -b 'x' +2000 )
> | \
> /usr/sbin/sendmail oinkfreebiker@att.net

You forgot:

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Then look at your mail logs in /var/log/maillog. What do they say about
this?
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The maillog should have at least some details on what went wrong.

If your mail wasn't sent it is probably still queued; try "mailq" to see.

> ...And Thomas Michael Wanka asked me to try this...
> 
> 
> gus# telnet gateway4.att.net:25
> gateway4.att.net:25: No address associated with hostname

That should be a space between the hostname and port number (not a colon).
But this is irrelevant.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/