Sorry for following up my own post but I think I've got the problem
solved ... I set and exported SMTP_FORWARD in go.user to the host name
associated with the virtual interface and it appears to be working the way
I want.  I'm not quite sure why SMTP_HOSTNAME doesn't function the same
way or why it just didn't use the defined NODE name either (all are set to
the virtual interface) but I won't argue with success.  I'd appreciate any
comments as to whether or not I'm asking for trouble with this
configuration and again I thank you for your time.

- Charlie


 On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Charlie Giannetto wrote:

>
> I'm trying to move our current listserv system to a new mail server (a Sun
> E420R) but I want to run it on it's own, virtual interface.  I've got the
> interface set up as hme0:1 and I have a sendmail configuration also set up
> and bound to that interface.  I've verified that the sendmail
> configuration works for both sending and receiving mail.  However, I can't
> seem to get listserv to use anything other than the main system's port 25
> when it processes outbound messages.  The IP address on the virtual port
> has valid DNS entry's (forward and reverse) and I've got SMTP_HOSTNAME set
> to the corresponding host name in the go.user configuration file but still
> listserv insists on trying to connect to port 25 on the systems primary IP
> address when processing messages.  Is there something I'm overlooking or
> is it simply not possible to run listserv in this fashion?
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Charlie
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