From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 19 08:31:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id IAA07761 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 08:31:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from nty.ch (www.nty.ch [194.51.96.31]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA07756 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 08:30:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by nty.ch (8.7.6/8.7.3) id RAA17791; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 17:39:06 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 17:39:06 +0100 (MET) From: Claudio Eichenberger Message-Id: <199701191639.RAA17791@nty.ch> To: claudio@nty.com, cst@nty.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Question: ========= How do you configure sendmail that it sends an e-mail to a host "active.ch" which isn't in any DNS? Facts: ====== The host is actually recorded in DNS as "mail.active.ch" and as "nl.active.ch": > mail.active.ch Server: ns.worldcom.ch Address: 194.51.96.111 Name: ln.active.ch Address: 193.135.163.236 Aliases: mail.active.ch > ln.active.ch Server: ns.worldcom.ch Address: 194.51.96.111 Non-authoritative answer: Name: ln.active.ch Address: 193.135.163.236 > But when you look for: > active.ch Server: ns.worldcom.ch Address: 194.51.96.111 Name: active.ch > Constatation: ============= Because I saw it working i.e. in Sybase you can send an e-mail e.g. to lolo@active.ch and it gets sent to lolo@nl.active.ch I know that there must be a way to configure sendmail accordingly. Original Message: ================= Message 4: >From daemon Sun Jan 19 14:11:01 1997 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:59 +0100 (MET) From: Mail Delivery Subsystem Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown To: www MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="OAA00414.853679459/gamma.ch" Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) This is a MIME-encapsulated message --OAA00414.853679459/gamma.ch The original message was received at Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:35 +0100 (MET) from root@localhost ----- The following addresses have delivery notifications ----- lolo@active.ch (unrecoverable error) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 lolo@active.ch... Host unknown --OAA00414.853679459/gamma.ch Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns; gamma.ch Arrival-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:35 +0100 (MET) Final-Recipient: RFC822; lolo@active.ch Action: failed Status: 5.1.2 Remote-MTA: DNS; active.ch Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:58 +0100 (MET) --OAA00414.853679459/gamma.ch Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: www Received: (from root@localhost) by gamma.ch (8.7.6/8.7.3) id OAA00412 for lolo@active.ch; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:35 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:10:35 +0100 (MET) From: WWW Administrator Message-Id: <199701191310.OAA00412@gamma.ch> To: lolo@active.ch Subject: test ---- test ==== --OAA00414.853679459/gamma.ch-- Many thanks in advance for your help. Claudio