From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Apr 18 13: 8:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from lynx.syix.com (lynx.syix.com [205.171.72.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C519737B416 for ; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:08:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lynx.syix.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lynx.syix.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g3IK8Uqs002240 for ; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:08:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@lynx.syix.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by lynx.syix.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g3IK8UhW002239 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:08:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:08:30 -0700 From: System Administrator To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail - host name lookup failure Message-ID: <20020418130830.A1833@lynx.syix.com> References: <007b01c1e710$1dfd3130$2248abcd@leopard> <200204181949.g3IJn5e41088@lynx.syix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200204181949.g3IJn5e41088@lynx.syix.com>; from simon@optinet.com on Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 03:56:19PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 03:56:19PM -0400, Simon wrote: > > What happens when you do "nslookup cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov" > on that same box? > This: lynx:[/home/dave] > nslookup cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov Server: localhost.syix.com Address: 127.0.0.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name: cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov Address: 168.71.115.200 > >I need an education... Or at least some help anyway. > > > >I did all the tests I can think of, on the DNS server, and the mail > >server, to see if I can find the reason for this error message.... > >Nslookup and dig and even sendmail with debugging.... > >" > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > > > > > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > >... Deferred: Name server: > >cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov.: host name lookup failure > >Message could not be delivered for 5 days > >Message will be deleted from queue > >" > > > >Everything I have tried shows this thing as "ok" but Sendmail flat says > >its bad. Any reason for it that perhaps anyone out there is aware of? > >And if you can show me why, so I can learn, I would appreciate it. > > > > > >Dave Overton SYIX.COM -- Dave Overton www.syix.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message