From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 2 08:42:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA24655 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 08:42:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cotdazr.org (qmailr@gcpacix.vcnet.com [205.228.248.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA24639 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 08:42:37 -0700 (PDT) From: efb@cotdazr.org Received: (qmail 6557 invoked by uid 10); 2 Jun 1997 15:44:09 -0000 Message-ID: <19970602154409.6556.qmail@cotdazr.org> Subject: Sendmail 8.8.3 .. FBSD 2.1.6 To: questions@FreeBSD.org Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 08:44:09 -0700 (PDT) Cc: efb@cotdazr.org (Everett F Batey), dan@thefactory.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Sendmail 8.8.3 on Free BSD 2.1.6 .. mail loops and complains from bad DNS/Bind .. MX record .. I just brought up another FreeBSD host as a Sendmail Master. It is on our ISPs IP space .. however.. IN-ADDR PTR is to www.vcd.com .. and .. MX 15 is uunet MX 10 is us.new.host .. The '% hostname' is saturn.vcd.com and .. Djvcd.com # who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) (see also $=M) DM saturn.vcd.com vcd.com www.vcd.com So .. just like on my Solaris boxes at work .. any email to anyhost.vcd.com Complains of MX problem .. I AM CLUELESS .. 1- Can you point me other than to source code on a configuring email with 2.1.6 guide .. no mention in the newer revs of the Nutshells at Barnes and Noble .. etc .. NO answers from the BSD project .. 2- Would be so nice to have a place to look for docs in the CDROM on the new gotchas in F.BSD Sendmail .. or where ever else I have missed looking .. Please .. Help a really old newbie .. VR /Ev/ Postmaster-less =========================================================================== Forwarded message: [[ as received at my postmaster host with qmail .. ]] > From #@[] Mon Jun 02 13:51:58 1997 Subject: failure notice > The original message was received at Sun, 1 Jun 1997 23:46:44 -0700 (PDT) > from efb@gcpacix [205.228.248.205] > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > > > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 553 www.vcd.com. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?) > 554 ,... Local configuration error > This was the result of connecting telnet desthost 25 .. helo.. mail.. rcpt.. data.. ... . sequence .. > Message-Id: <199706020646.XAA06480@vcd.com> > to: > to: > Subject: Test traffic onto port 25 to / of vcd.com > > Sent these helo, from and rcpt lines on and to vcd.com > > helo cotdazr.org > 250 vcd.com Hello efb@gcpacix [205.228.248.205], pleased to meet you > mail from: > 250 ... Sender ok > rcpt to: > 250 ... Recipient ok > rcpt to: > 250 ... Recipient ok > rcpt to: > 250 ... Recipient ok > rcpt to: > 250 ... Recipient ok > rcpt to: > 250 ... Recipient ok > rcpt to: > 250 ... Recipient ok > data > 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself > from: > to: > to: > > --XAA06484.865234302/vcd.com-- =========================================================================== ; <<>> DiG 2.1 <<>> vcd.com any axfr @ns1.west.net ; ; ; Delegated from /etc/named.boot as vcd.com ; @ IN SOA ns1.vcnet.com. efb.ns1.vcnet.com. ( 97053006 ; serial 3600 ; refresh (1 hour) 1800 ; retry (30 mins) 1209600 ; expire (14 days) 21600 ) ; minimum (6 hours) ;; ;; IN NS ns1.vc.net. IN NS ns.cotdazr.org. ; domain vcd.com has this IP .. IN A 205.231.12.17 ; ; Detour at router .. spammers .. via our outer ISP .. ; IN MX 15 mail.uu.net. IN MX 10 vcd.com. ; ; Host saturn.vcd.com has this IP .. saturn IN A 205.231.12.17 IN MX 15 mail.uu.net. IN MX 10 vcd.com. ;; ; Host www.vcd.com has this IP .. www IN A 205.231.12.17 ; old IN A 205.254.228.208 ; ; ; HP email lists transpose vcd.hp.com into hp.vcd.com .. ; hp IN MX 10 vcd.hp.com. ; * IN MX 15 mail.uu.net. * IN MX 10 vcd.com. =========================================================================== % dig -x 205.231.12.17 ;; ANSWERS: 17.12.231.205.in-addr.arpa. 86400 PTR www.vcd.com. =========================================================================== -- + efb@cotdazr.org http://www.vcnet.com/efb efb@oxnardsd.org [EFB15] WA6CRE + + VCEDA: http://www.gitt.gov/ SUG: http://halide.acs.uci.edu/GCSUG UserGrp + + Opinions MINE, NOT Uncles | Edu: http://www.oxnardsd.org/ innd email DNS + + Unix (Sun BSD Linux) - Network Security - Routing (Cisco) - Mail - News + + Beep: 805.655.2017 . 805.982.7180 Vmail: 805.340.6471+5 / 800.545.6998 +