Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:36:46 -0500 From: "Mark Johnston" <mjohnston@skyweb.ca> To: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sendmail - host name lookup failure Message-ID: <003801c1e718$c2561fa0$3e0fa8c0@skycable.int> In-Reply-To: <20020418130830.A1833@lynx.syix.com>
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> 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 suspect the problem comes from a missing MX. > cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov Server: cache1.mb.skyweb.ca Address: 209.5.243.54 Non-authoritative answer: Name: cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov Address: 168.71.115.200 > set type=mx > cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov Server: cache1.mb.skyweb.ca Address: 209.5.243.54 *** cache1.mb.skyweb.ca can't find cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov: Server failed The host cboegwy01.boe.ca.gov has no MX record. The host itself is running SMTP, but I'm not sure whether sendmail will try the domain part of the address as an MX - maybe there's an option for that, buried in the murky depths of the cf file. The DNS lookup is failing because sendmail, I expect, is sending a query only for MX. Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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