Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:39:19 -0700 From: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> To: Marius Kirschner <marius@agoron.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sendmail question Message-ID: <20010829193919.C84755@helios.soupnazi.org> In-Reply-To: <NEBBKGPPOLDBPJPLMKDIIEOPGJAA.marius@agoron.com> References: <NEBBKGPPOLDBPJPLMKDIIEOPGJAA.marius@agoron.com>
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On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 at 22:31:15 -0400, Marius Kirschner wrote: > What would cause sendmail trying to deliver mail to a local user if > the MX record points to a different mail server? To explain further, > and I've been at this for over 2 weeks now..... > > I have a FreeBSD 4.3 box that hosts virtual web sites and if a mail is > entered on that box (mostly through a web form mailer) destined for an > virtual domain e-mail account it tries to deliver it locally. > Naturally, it bounces with an "user unknown" error message. > > Mail is delivered correctly when sent from anywhere but the box that > hosts the domain. I'm clueless... :) Do you have those hosts in /etc/mail/local-host-names or in /etc/mail/sendmail.cw (what it used to be called)? I'm not sure if this would cause it or not, it's been quite some time since I've done any virtual mail domains or used sendmail... - jim -- jim mock <mij@soupnazi.org> tech writer | iXsystems, Inc. http://soupnazi.org/ work: jim@ixsystems.net | jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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