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Date:      Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:17:48 -0700
From:      "Dave Overton" <dave@syix.com>
To:        <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Sendmail - host name lookup failure
Message-ID:  <008d01c1e726$dfc61a00$2248abcd@leopard>
In-Reply-To: <20020418205542.GA74173@wjv.com>

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I see the MX records "normal" here also, but sendmail doesn't.  That's
the rub, why doesn't it work???

Send email to that address from your server, see if YOU can send him
email!

dave

Dave Overton			SYIX.COM


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Bill Vermillion
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 1:56 PM
> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Sendmail - host name lookup failure
> 
> 
> Putting quill to paper and scribbling furiously 
> on Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 16:55 , Simon missed achieving 
> immortality when he said:
> 
> > 
> > If that's the case, why would it report:
> 
> > cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov.: host name lookup failure
> 
> > instead of no MX record found? 
> 
> >From nslookup.
> 
> Server:  bilver.wjv.com
> Address:  192.168.95.95
> 
> boe.ca.gov	preference = 5, mail exchanger = cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov
> boe.ca.gov	nameserver = media.boe.ca.gov
> boe.ca.gov	nameserver = nwmgmt.boe.ca.gov
> cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov	internet address = 168.71.115.200
> media.boe.ca.gov	internet address = 168.71.5.200
> nwmgmt.boe.ca.gov	internet address = 168.71.5.202
> 
> 
> Server:  bilver.wjv.com
> Address:  192.168.95.95
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:    cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov
> Address:  168.71.115.200
> 
> So the MX for boe.ca.gov ic cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov according to
> my links.
> 
> > -Simon
> > 
> > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:39:35 -0700 (PDT), Andrew Matheson wrote:
> > 
> > >I just attempted to dig for an mx record for 
> cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov and
> > >didn't find a match.  Try this from the machine in question:
> > >
> > >dig cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov MX
> > >
> > >This might be the cause of your problem.  Sendmail
> > >doesn't know where to deliver the mail.
> > >
> > >Good Luck,
> > >Andrew
> > >
> > >
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> 
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