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Date:      Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:19:51 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        John <papalia@UDel.Edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DNS Setup
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912160119050.4557-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19991215230917.009e45a0@mail.udel.edu>

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On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, John wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> I set up a local (publically accessible) name server, got a friend to do
> secondary for me, and registered several domains.  For some reason,
> whenever peopel try to send me test messages, they come back as "host
> unknown".  If the same users try to ping my boxen, or use web access to
> them, they resolve no problem.  Only mail comes back as "host unknown".
> 
> I have sendmail allowed in /etc/hosts.allow.  I have mx records in all the
> name databases.  I have O'Reilly's sendmail book on order, and it should be
> here tomorrow :)  Any other places I should start looking? Does DNS have to
> be expressly permitted in /etc/hosts.allow?  This makes no sense since i
> can be pinged and looked up?

you need to add these additional machine names to /etc/sendmail.cw
or /etc/mail/sendmail.cw check /etc/sendmail.cf to figure out which.

-Alfred



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