Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 20:33:02 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Andrew Thomson <ajthomson@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail static host for domain Message-ID: <20030527013302.GA4442@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20030527012242.GD15113@athomson.prv.au.itouchnet.net> References: <20030527012242.GD15113@athomson.prv.au.itouchnet.net>
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In the last episode (May 27), Andrew Thomson said: > I'm trying to route all email to a domain to another mail server on my > local network. > > I've setup the following: > > cat /etc/mail/mailertable > domain smtp:192.168.0.8 > > What I was hoping for was that any mail to domain would be sent via the > host mentioned. > > When I then send mail, I can see that it picks up my entry, however it > has issues.. > > May 27 11:20:51 host sm-mta[90308]: h4R1Koe0090306: > to=<user@domain>, > ctladdr=<www@host> (80/80), delay=00:00:01, > xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=smtp, pri=30364, relay=192.168.0.8, dsn=5.1.2, > stat=Host unknown (Name server: 192.168.0.8: host not found) Put the IP in square brackets; otherwise sendmail will try to do MX lookups on the domain named "192.168.0.8". You can put []'s around anything to force sendmail to talk directly with that host instead of using MXes. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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