Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:27:48 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: garbanzo@hooked.net, brianfeldman@hotmail.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SoftUpdates crash w/ bt Message-ID: <199806101627.JAA09693@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <17248.897453150@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jun 9, 98 09:32:30 pm"
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Actually they do have some sort of mail forwarding doohickey that you can > > toy with (dunno if it's open to anyone or just those who signed up for the > > initial beta). Although, isn't that why sendmail queues mail? > > It doesn't help for sendmail to queue mail if things are set up > at ml.org such that all mail I send to Brian there comes back with > "no such user at this address" :-) if sendmail gets either a "user unknown" from the destination host or a "host unknown and no MXes" from DNS the mail bounces immediately. these are fatal errors. that's why i ask people to provide MX service to each other. otherwise, if you have a DNS problem or your provider loses your connection--you no longer exist! jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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