From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 23 00:48:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA13526 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 00:48:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA13521 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 00:48:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA17251; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 00:48:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 00:48:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Min Huang cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail system question In-Reply-To: <19980616075911.4627.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Min Huang wrote: > ISP? hehe, we are ISP, but the admin don't know how to set the > mail system. Can you direct me in more details? For example, > will I modify the MX record in sendmail.cf on mail.a.b.c, or > will I modify anything on our DNS server? You need to modify your DNS configuration and remove the MX record for kkk (or change it to point to kkk). If you give me real names I can verify your setup. > >> This question is about UNIX mail system setup, I need your help. > >> Now I'm connecting to a net, and get a name kkk.a.b.c, there's > >> a machine named mail.a.b.c originally to receive all emails to > >> domain a.b.c , everyone mail to mail.a.b.c or a.b.c will come to > >> that machine. And now when I mail to kkk.a.b.c, the email will > >> come to mail.a.b.c. How to setup the mail system, so that kkk > >> can receive email? > > > >Ask your ISP to remove the MX record for kkk.a.b.c. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message