From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 23 19:10:13 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 E256316A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:10:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B5B043D3F for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:10:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j1NJACkA043231; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:10:12 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <421CD4EA.7080407@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:09:30 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gerard Meijer References: <0d6501c519cd$01466d70$9600000a@guus> <124566255.20050223183027@hexren.net> <0d7701c519d0$794cdea0$9600000a@guus> <421CC73F.7000805@scls.lib.wi.us> <0d9501c519d4$9ded8f80$9600000a@guus> In-Reply-To: <0d9501c519d4$9ded8f80$9600000a@guus> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 19:10:14 -0000 Gerard Meijer wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I'm absolutely sure that this is not the case anymore. I removed > everything. ... >> 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. Nevertheless... the grep suggested by another poster seems completely appropriate. There are few other explanations than "sendmail config error". You restarted sendmail after the config change, right? Another test you could try would be to fire up nslookup on server B's command line. If you ask there for the MX record in question, do you actually get the right answer? -- 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?