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Date:      Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:54:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Tima <mirlok@twin.ab.az>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mail problem and question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980918184934.1574A-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.94.980919041406.305B-100000@twin.ab.az>

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On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Tima wrote:
> I've just installed 2.2.7
> Problem:    i can't send mail to any address outside of my domain,
>             though i can receive it from anywhere.
>             I receive the following error form my major realy host:
>             DNS lookup for domain failed...

Is that relay host at your ISP?  If it is, and he has working DNS, then
the email address probably does have a bad domain name.  If you are
acting as the relay your DNS is probably not working.

> question:   what permission should i set for /var/mail ?

775 owned by bin group mail.

>             On Solaris I have dwrxwrxwrt.
>             But didn't find out how to set t on FreeBSD.

1777 sets that mode.  Typically used for public tmp directories.

Dan
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 Dan Busarow                                                  949 443 4172
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