Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:52:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heres one - SMTP / Sendmail Problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.43.0209131349170.36851-100000@babelfish.pursued-with.net> In-Reply-To: <20020913200039.GA64074@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 01:17:56PM -0500, Scott Pilz wrote: > > > Take a look at the logs below .. I cannot for the life of me send any > > messages to 'vikingelectric.com' from one paticular machine - all the > > others work just fine. YET, I can ping it and query MX tags just fine > > without a problem: > > Try adding: > > define(`confBIND_OPTS', `WorkAroundBrokenAAAA') > > to your /etc/mail/`hostname`.mc and then 'make install' and 'make > restart'. > > Cheers, > > Matthew As an aside, nslookup has its uses, but it is unreliable for actually checking resolvability of a given name at a specific host. This is because it uses its own internal resolution routines rather than the system resolver. Whenever you get a discrepancy between what nslookup reports and what an application sees, double check with dig or another tool. KeS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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