From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 18 15:28:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA04862 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:28:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from bbs.dcoisp.net (bbs.dcoisp.net [208.128.192.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA04844 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:28:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net) From: ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net Received: from MHS by bbs.dcoisp.net with MHS id BABOAFDM ; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:30:22 -0500 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:30:04 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: trouble with sendmail on a new host. To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello again to all. I am encountering a really strange problem, and it may be that I am missing an obvious step. Today, I just added a host to my domain: media.dcoisp.net. It is a freeBSD 2.2.5-realease box. It is running sendmail. The sendmail came with the freebsd distribution. I have successfully added the entry to my dns files, IE, the IN A records and the PTR records. Unfortunately, no remote email is getting through to this host. Local email is delivered just fine, but not remote email. I have made no changes to the sendmail.cf file or any of that since installing the software. My question is: Does there need to be an mx record in my database files for named? I wouldn't think so, since none of my other machines have mx records, and the two machines that are freebsd boxes send and receivve mail without a hitch. Here is another question. Back when I started my hole network, my isp was taking care of dns issues for me, as well as internic related issues. I have read some internic faqs and the like, and I didn't get the idea that I have to register a new host each time I add one to my network right? Only if I was making this host a nameserver would I have to register the host with the internic? The error that gets generated by the remote mailer on the remote machine is: illegal host domain found. Anyone have any ideas? Like I was saying, all the other freebsd boxes work as they should, just not this new host. Thanks. Jeremy