From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 23 18:19:45 2005 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 D3E3516A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:19:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3027543D2D for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:19:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gmeijer@palmweb.nl) Received: from guus (simoon.xs4all.nl [213.84.111.205]) by smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j1NIJZ6D013757; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:19:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gmeijer@palmweb.nl) Message-ID: <0d9501c519d4$9ded8f80$9600000a@guus> From: "Gerard Meijer" To: "Greg Barniskis" References: <0d6501c519cd$01466d70$9600000a@guus> <124566255.20050223183027@hexren.net> <0d7701c519d0$794cdea0$9600000a@guus> <421CC73F.7000805@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:22:13 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Hexren Subject: Re: get local sendmail to use MX records 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, 23 Feb 2005 18:19:46 -0000 Hi Greg, I'm absolutely sure that this is not the case anymore. I removed everything. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Barniskis" To: "Gerard Meijer" Cc: "Hexren" ; Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:11 PM Subject: Re: get local sendmail to use MX records > Gerard Meijer wrote: >> No, that is not the solution. It could be, but it's not what I want. >> >> An example: >> >> domain: domain.com >> domain.com is hosted on server B. The MX record for domain.com says that >> server A handles the mail of domain.com. So anyname@domain.com should be >> handled by server A. >> >> This works, but now on server B there runs a script that sends an e-mail >> to gerard@domain.com . What SHOULD happen is that sendmail on server B >> looks up the MX record for domain.com, sees that server A handles the >> mail for domain.com and sends the mail to server A. What happens is that >> sendmail recognizes the domain as hosted on that machine and uses >> localhost to deliver the mail. It looks for user gerard (in this >> example), which doesn't exist. >> >> I agree with you, a solution would be to set in the alias file of server >> B something like gerard: root@serverA.com . If this was about just one >> e-mailaddress, it wouldn't be a problem, but I'm actually talking about a >> little more then one address. >> >> So that's not a good solution for me. > > If I followed you correctly, "server B" *formerly* was the appropriate end > point for mail for "domain.com". If that is true, then on server B, the > sendmail config probably indicates that mail destined for domain.com is > delivered locally. Remove that indicator and it should revert to MX lookup > behavior to find the appropriate handler for the domain. There may be > multiple places in the sendmail config where domain.com is named for > different purposes. Hunt them all down and kill them. > > -- > Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator > South Central Library System (SCLS) > Library Interchange Network (LINK) > , (608) 266-6348 > > A: Because it reverses the natural flow of a dialog. > Q: Why is top posting undesirable when replying? > >