From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 30 16:41:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DD25106564A for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:41:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 222E68FC22 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:41:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k32so373714rnd.12 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:41:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=JG4AyNuhjhA9EWvdoDrPg/wqOnfgOTm2ClpYlansFfg=; b=uPF87jT4LMAPWswnDU4Z7FcQWb20yf2Yax+LJ0mwNnJxIpbnNTh/j2lDVlhnLyYOBf AuZY6B/TKX8EnZHdgVXTw9mCixviNBHkur0ZxIpH/51D92O0nLlzBLGd+wA4z+HjF9Fz oxUhH4J82cHqYjIF1VctE17Y/7f3mP2fDIHug= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=wui/w3i92D2igqd/nV8+c4Oe94/cB4yieciCVWC/lhXLy5pSPhqIfPtE5uHTw92SE6 lQ+R7/r8gNh2axa/JiHp4kfPiVkP56Ku1QlXcq9P+nwzsFBcvrB5p+tCnDhuNoZZlAq5 HkWEtrVJuJNl4ljpW6E+ArRKB1OqrA4UaeSJE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.150.19 with SMTP id x19mr494635ybd.95.1233331793162; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:09:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4981E097.4060705@radel.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:09:53 +0000 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Sendmail DNS strangeness X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:41:52 -0000 2009/1/30 Chris Rees : > 2009/1/29 Jon Radel : >> >> Too much sanitation makes it hard to figure out your problem. However, >> if that amnesiac.xxxx is actually amnesiac.com this probably relates to >> the fact that DNS for amnesiac.com is horribly broken. >> >> dig +trace amnesiac.com >> >> should start you down the appropriate path. >> >> --Jon Radel >> jon@radel.com >> > > Heh, yeah, sorry about the starring. Perhaps I was a bit tinfoil hat... > > Jan 29 16:03:19 amnesiac sm-mta[38492]: n0RM2Hlj021695: to=<[external email]>, > ctladdr=<[user]@amnesiac.bayofrum.net> (80/80), delay=1+18:01:02, > xdelay=00:00:14, mailer=esmtp, pri=8221553, > relay=mail2.ukrhosting.com. [91.196.0.5], dsn=4.3.0, stat=Deferred: > 451 DNS temporary failure (#4.3.0) > > This should help narrow it down a bit. > > Glen, you're absolutely right about amnesiac being the default name, I > forgot about configuration for a while, then decided I liked amnesiac > anyway. So... it is set up properly with > > [chris@amnesiac]~% grep hostname /etc/rc.conf > hostname="amnesiac.bayofrum.net" > [chris@amnesiac]~% > > and hosts are right too. > > The problem is, that sendmail isn't having trouble finding me, it's > having trouble finding the other host. It seems as though sendmail is > ignoring my resolv.conf (set to nameserver 127.0.0.1) and using some > other source for DNS that is broken. > > Any ideas from these hints? > > -- OK, now I feel stupid. It turns out the destination email addresses were bogus, and I should have trusted my system was working correctly instead of blaming it. Some spammer was attacking my forum software, registering users with strange email addresses. Never mind, I'll just up the complication on the CAPTCHA. That should stop the buggers Thanks for your help Jon and Glen Chris