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From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD WILL NOT work with sendmail
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>>>>> "Joe" == Joe Nieten <jnieten@ix.netcom.com> writes:

    Joe> Ok Folks, I have tried everything to get sendmail to work on
    Joe> my FreeBSD platform.  I have been asking questions for the
    Joe> last month - I really need some help here!

Okay, I'll try to help.

    Joe> I have a machine that sits on the internet using an ISDN
    Joe> connection.

Hey, must be nice.  My host is outside of the ISDN area in Boulder.  :-(

    Joe> I have checked the router; the machine is accessible from the
    Joe> outside world.  Try it gandalf.otdc.com - I am even able to
    Joe> telnet to port 25.

Yep, me too.  

    Joe> I have checked the MX records and do not see any problem.

I see a problem: I can't even check the bloody MX records.  If I can
get them, neither can sendmail.

It looks like the nameservers for gandalf.otdc.com are ghgcorp.com and
blkbox.com, but ghgcorp.com gives back broken responses except for A
records and blkbox.com is dead.

    Joe> Now, on the Linux box when I execute domainname I get the
    Joe> domain and on FreeBSD I get nothing.

"domainname" is the NIS domain, not the DNS domain.

-- 
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA

If you're ever shipwrecked on a tropical island and you don't know how
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