From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jul 23 21:35:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA07357 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 21:35:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [207.90.181.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA07338; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 21:35:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (ulf@gatekeeper.Alameda.net [207.90.181.2]) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA21997; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 21:35:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.5/8.7.6) id VAA19527; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 21:35:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199707240435.VAA19527@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Subject: Re: strange mail problem In-Reply-To: from Shawn Ramsey at "Jul 23, 97 08:07:29 pm" To: shawn@luke.cpl.net (Shawn Ramsey) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 21:35:50 -0700 (PDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > We are having a _very_ strange and annoying problem with mail. There is a > particular company that we host a web page for, and they also have a > dedicated connection with us. (ISDN). The thing is, on our mail server, if > mail is sent from it, it tries to DELIVER IT LOCALLY. I had this problem > once for a company we were virtual hosting, then couldnt get it to stop... > but we have never done that for this particular client. Any ideas? > > > Could it be a DNS problem? I just don't see how it thinks the domain is > local, except we host their web site @ www.* . > > Thanks for any ideas... I have the same problems. One of the things to look for is the "Local Host = best MX". I had the same problems with virtual sites till I set no reverse DNS to the domain. So instead of "Domain.com" in the reverse I have on all virtual IP numbers "www-virtual.Alameda.net" -- Ulf. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073