Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 10:37:26 +0530 From: "Unix Tools" <unixtools@hotmail.com> To: "Scott Pilz" <tech@tznet.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Heres one - SMTP / Sendmail Problem Message-ID: <OE390gh0eTZ2MErPFWy00000c8f@hotmail.com> References: <20020913131120.K73922-100000@mail.tznet.com>
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Never rely on nslookup. Try using dig to trace the exact details of the domain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Pilz" <tech@tznet.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 11:47 PM Subject: Heres one - SMTP / Sendmail Problem > > Heres one that I bet no one can answer . . . > > Take a look at the logs below .. I cannot for the life of me send any > messages to 'vikingelectric.com' from one paticular machine - all the > others work just fine. YET, I can ping it and query MX tags just fine > without a problem: > > PLATFORM: 4.6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE #0: > Sendmail: 8.12.5 > > > -----Q-ID----- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ---------Sender/Recipient-------- > g8DIAruR001339 5 Fri Sep 13 13:10 tech > (host map: lookup (vikingelectric.com): deferred) > tech@vikingelectric.com > > > > > # nslookup -q=mx vikingelectric.com > > Non-authoritative answer: > vikingelectric.com preference = 10, mail exchanger = > gwmail.vikingelectric. > com > Authoritative answers can be found from: > vikingelectric.com nameserver = ns1.vikingelectric.com > gwmail.vikingelectric.com internet address = 208.157.215.18 > ns1.vikingelectric.com internet address = 208.157.215.14 > > PING gwmail.vikingelectric.com (208.157.215.18): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 208.157.215.18: icmp_seq=0 ttl=117 time=98.547 ms > > mail -v test@[208.157.215.18] works just fine. > > -- > # mail -v test@vikingelectric.com > Subject: test > test > . > EOT > vikingelectric.com: Name server timeout > test@vikingelectric.com... Transient parse error -- message queued for > future delivery > test@vikingelectric.com... queued > -- > > I'm completely clueless. I have rebooted the box (against my best > judgement), I have switched domain servers (via resolv.conf) - I have > tried everything I could think of. > > Perhaps it has to do with it being Friday the 13th. > > Scott > > > 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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