Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:22:33 +0200 From: Jacques Hugo <jacques@ctech.ac.za> To: sbirdy <sbirdy@netvigator.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail problem with DNS & mail server in same machine Message-ID: <360F6369.167EB0E7@wired.ctech.ac.za> References: <360F4744.D72022A7@netvigator.com>
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sbirdy wrote: > > Dear sir, > I intened to build small lan connected to internet with a dns > server also serve as email.after setup, everything is ok except when > sendmail.e.g when I send mail with "user@domain.name. error display > somethings like "error 544: mx point back to ns1.test.com. unknown > host "test.com".but,if I send to addr. user@hostname.domainname. > everything become fine. this is my /etc/namedb/db.test.com file, > ( BIND ver 4.9.6 in freebsd 2.2.5) > > @ IN SOA ns1.test.com. billy.ns1.test.com. ( > 980528 ; Serial > 10800 ; Refresh after 3 hours > 3600 ; Retry after 1 hour > 604800 ; Expire after 1 week > 86400 ) ; Minimum TTL of 1 day > > IN NS ns1.test.com. > IN MX 0 ns1.test.com. > > localhost IN A 127.0.0.1 > sbirdy IN A 202.82.3.197 > > loghost IN CNAME ns1 > www IN CNAME ns1 > > why can't domainname server unknown host in addr "user@test.com" > and is "OK" when also use the dns server with hostname > "user@ns1.test.com" ?Please give me some advise. how to make > the "usr@domainname" work if I can only have one machines to take > this two jobs. > by the way, is not yet connect to internet, is it also a problem? Ok, this is my stab in the dark. But this is what I would do: 1. Keep your SOA as is 2. Remove the MX entry for ns1.test.com, it is setup as IN NS 3. Add a MX entry for sbirdy: MX 10 sbirdy You should be fine then. Comments anyone? -Jacques ------------------------------------------------------ The box said "Requires Windows 3.1 or better" ... so I got BSD Network Administrator | Jacques Hugo UNIX Systems | jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za Cape Technikon | +27-21-4603584 ------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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