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Date:      Wed, 07 Jun 2000 01:40:25 -0400
From:      Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com>
To:        "Raymundo M. Vega" <RaymundoVega@home.com>
Cc:        Jahanur R Subedar <jahanur@jjsoft.com>, Johan Petersson <johpe159@student.liu.se>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DNS/Sendmail
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20000607013916.02deac48@mail.enterit.com>
In-Reply-To: <393DCD6B.147994B1@home.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000606112103.5174A-100000@ns2.jjsoft.com>

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At 09:19 PM 6/6/2000 -0700, Raymundo M. Vega wrote:
>The purpose of CNAME records is to make aliases of hosts,
>which means you *are not* allowed to use the domainname
>on either side of the CNAME. write a valid hostname
>and try again.
>
>if you want to test your dns, then use nslookup and type:
>
>set q=mx
>bitmap.com.
>
>work on your DNS files until it gives back the right answer
>
>raymundo
>

Yes yes...he's right.  You need to fix this too.  :)  Create an A record 
for server then point your CNAMEs to "server".

- Jim



>Jahanur R Subedar wrote:
> >
> > Try 0 or 10 instead of 50 in the MX record.
> > and then telnet to the prot number 25, like this.
> >
> > telnet bitmap.com:25
> > you should get a promt but you should see the escape character.
> > And if you do then you should be ok.
> >
> > I hope that helps.
> >
> > Jahanur
> >
> > On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Johan Petersson wrote:
> >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I have setup a small LAN (2 machines=)
> > > www.bitmap.com works but when I try to
> > > send mail to johpe@bitmap.com it doesn't
> > > work. I don't no if it's a DNS or sendmail
> > > problem..
> > >
> > > db.bitmap.com:
> > >
> > > @     IN      SOA     bitmap.com. johpe.bitmap.com. (
> > >       2000060403
> > >       86400
> > >       7200
> > >       8640000
> > >       86400 )
> > >
> > >       IN      NS      bitmap.com.
> > >       IN      A       223.147.37.1
> > >       IN      MX      50 bitmap.com.
> > >
> > > monster       IN      A       223.147.37.2
> > > www   IN      CNAME   bitmap.com.
> > > ftp   IN      CNAME   bitmap.com.
> > >
> > > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>:
> > > ----------8<---------------------
> > >  ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > >  ... while talking to bitmap.com.:
> > >  >>> HELO
> > >  <<< 501 5.0.0 HELO requires domain address
> > >  554 5.0.0 <johpe@bitmap.com>... Service unavailable
> > > ------------8<--------------------
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > --Johan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > Jahanur R Subedar
> > WWW.JJSOFT.COM
> >
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- Jim

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UNIX  - "segmentation fault - core dumped"
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