Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:28:23 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "V.I.Victor" <idmc_vivr@intgdev.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! Mail to 'localhost' not staying local CORRECTION Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070403142631.0254b570@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <W202041184561211175620712@webmail5> References: <W202041184561211175620712@webmail5>
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My guess is that DNS was propagated and now athome.net is in the maps of
the DNS server you query.
Just change your /etc/hosts file, you can use a domain suffix that does not
exist for instance.
-Derek
At 12:18 PM 4/3/2007, V.I.Victor wrote:
> >I don't think your hosts file is correct, unless you are telling me you own
> >the domain athome.net. You need to use a domain name you own or one that
> >is not in use.
>
>OK.
>
>No I don't own athome.net. BUT I've been using it for years without
>problems -- until today! As I said, the hosts file is it's always been.
>
>It seems that "localhost" just isn't local any more.
>
>I'm trying to figure what's changed and what I should do about it.
>
>So far, I've stopped all the internal mail to localhost.
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