From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 5 11:15:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA16383 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:15:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA16374 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:15:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA14959; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:14:58 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199811051914.NAA14959@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: sendmail / BIND configuration. In-Reply-To: <29C83908FF4FD2118D2C00A0C90FCB440873D2@site2s1> from Christopher Michaels - SSG at "Nov 5, 98 01:47:39 pm" To: ChrisMic@sbservices.com (Christopher Michaels - SSG) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:14:58 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What you probably want is: domain.com IN MX 10 freebsd.domain.com. In a previous message, Christopher Michaels - SSG said: > Hello, > I have a 2.2.7-RELEASE install of FreeBSD and have it acting as a server on > a small subnet. I am running the version of BIND that comes with the > installation (v4 I believe?) and would like to setup the BSD box to accept > all email for the other machines on the LAN. > From the information I've gathered from the man page, this list, and > speaking to friends, I believed I had added the proper MX records to the > named configuration, but apparently I did not because it still does not > handle the mail. > I may just have the wrong idea here, and if I do please correct me. > > I want all mail going to machineX.domain.com to be handled/delivered to > freebsd.domain.com, what I did was add an MX record to each machine in > domain.com, but that doesn't appear to work. I just get the message > returned because the machine it was send to wouldn't accept the connection. > > If this is something really obvious I have missed, please slap me on the > wrist and point me to the right FAQ/man page. Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Christopher Michaels > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." --The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message