From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 9 12:48:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AC7F37B401 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 12:48:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web41202.mail.yahoo.com (web41202.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF05543F3F for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 12:48:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phaza7@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030709194824.2526.qmail@web41202.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.136.178.42] by web41202.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 09 Jul 2003 12:48:24 PDT Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 12:48:24 -0700 (PDT) From: pat bey To: Toomas Aas In-Reply-To: <200307091405.h69E5lD11474@lv.raad.tartu.ee> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: FREEBSD Subject: DNS misconfigured, mail servers can't find me X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 19:48:25 -0000 Or at least I think they can't Toomas, phaza7 is not a user on in the smtp but tweaxor is root never recieved any mail. I think its a DNS problem cause I haven't configured a MX record in BIND 8.3.2 or a A record either. guess that would help but having trouble following the handbook on how to setup a master name server for my lan will that help In RFC 2181 it's says that MX should never point to CNAME why?? How can I tell in the master name server is running properly thanks for your time and consideration ;-) Toomas Aas wrote: OK, as I mentioned in my previous message I cc-d it to phaza7@hijra.homeunix.com. My mail server recorded the following in its log as it tried to send mail to this address Jul 9 16:59:54 lv sendmail[10974]: h69Dxml10970: to= , delay=00:00:06, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=esmtp, pri=93327, relay=hijra.homeunix.com. [66.136.178.42], dsn=5.1.1, stat=User unknown Note that I was able to successfully connect to hijra.homeunix.com. [66.136.178.42], but it responded that user phaza7 is unknown. This leaves two possibilities: * 66.136.178.42 is not really your server, which means that there is some confusion with dyndns.org nameserver. * you haven't defined local user phaza7 in your server. Mail to root@hijra.homeunix.com was successfully delivered: Jul 9 16:59:55 lv sendmail[10974]: h69Dxml10970: to=, delay=00:00:07, xdelay=00:00:03, mailer=esmtp, pri=93327, relay=hijra.homeunix.com. [66.136.178.42], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued as E19E9B55) -- Toomas Aas | toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee | http://www.raad.tartu.ee/~toomas/ * The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity. Suppressed minds have no Freedom of Choice --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!