From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 19 14:34:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E89B216A420 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:34:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (jojo.ms-net.de [84.16.236.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F30E43D45 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:34:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (p54A5FDA2.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.253.162]) (authenticated bits=0) by www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k1JEL0co088654; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:21:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Magellan.Leidinger.net (Magellan.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k1JEY59a069870; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:34:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:34:06 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: "Tim Dettloff" 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.12; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reversed behavior with nsswitch.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:34:10 -0000 Am Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:58:12 +0100 schrieb "Tim Dettloff" : > 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/