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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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