Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:34:06 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: "Tim Dettloff" <dettloff@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reversed behavior with nsswitch.conf Message-ID: <20060219153406.19566370@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <5b0444b50602190458m3cbe0341w@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060216094646.8qqpg683cwk0o0ww@netchild.homeip.net> <43F5F531.2070900@virtual-voodoo.com> <5b0444b50602190458m3cbe0341w@mail.gmail.com>
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Am Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:58:12 +0100 schrieb "Tim Dettloff" <dettloff@gmail.com>: > One thing you have to remember about sendmail is that in most cases it > has to use dns, as mx records cannot be specified in /etc/hosts. > > See "sendmail specifics" http://www.sendmail.org/email-explained.html. This isn't about sendmail and resolving MX records (and I agree that you can't do it with /etc/hosts), it's about broken nsswitch behavior which can be detected with e.g. sendmail and broken reverse DNS setups. Bye, Alexander. -- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7 WL http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/registry/1FZ4DTHQE9PQ8/ref=wl_em_to/
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