Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 12:56:13 -0500 From: Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.com> To: danielb@pacex.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail host name lookup failures Message-ID: <3870E2BC.1A6F5C49@siteplus.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001030839160.28073-100000@almazs.pacex.net>
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I would assume that your local machine has a private ip address. 192.168.0- or if not on a lan 127.0.0.1. This is reflected in the mail header as sender hence the error. These addresses are not available on the net. If the mail is being delivered I don't think you have anything to worry about. Good luck, Jim danielb@pacex.net wrote: > Hi and welcome back everybody; > > I have a sendmail install on one of my machines that does nothing but > forward all mail to a central mail hub (mail-hub.fastlax.com); > sendmail-8.9.3 on FreeBSD-3.3-STABLE. > > in sendmail.cf: > --------------- > Fw/etc/sendmail.cw > > # "Smart" relay host (may be null) > DSmail-hub.fastlax.com > > # Who I masquerade as (null for no masquerade) > DMfastlax.com > > #Who gets all local email traffic > DHmail-hub.$m > > everything seems to work 'OK' i.e mail is being sent and received nothing > gets lost but in /var/log/maillog I see error: > Sendmail[11233] to=danielb@fastlax.com, ... relay=mail-hub.fastlax.com., > stat=deferred: Name server: mail-hub.fastlax.com: host name lookup failure > > This can't be because the deferred mail has been sent and show-up in my > mailbox and the host mail-hub.fastlax.com exists! nslookup ans telnet to > port 25. > > Why do I keep getting this error messages. > > Sendmail sucks-up sooo much administrative time it is not funny! > Thanks > > Dan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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