Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 09:31:16 -0500 (CDT) From: "Kent S. Gordon" <kgor@inetspace.com> To: steve@visint.co.uk Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tun0 problem in 3.0-970209-SNAP Message-ID: <199705081431.JAA02487@chess.inetspace.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970508113125.21666A-100000@bagpuss.visint.co.uk> (message from Stephen Roome on Thu, 8 May 1997 11:39:48 %2B0100 (BST))
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>>>>> "steve" == Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> writes:
> [snipped current out of cc: list as what I'm asking now isn't
> current specific.]
> Okay, from here I have a problem: I have a modem connected to
> this machine and it runs the following ppp -alias -auto
> myprovider
> This all works fine and the modem starts up whenever the network
> is needed as expected and it aliases properly so I have a
> gateway for other boxes needing net access.
> Unfortunately just mailing anyone locally sets off a dialup
> though.
Let me guess /etc/resolv.conf points to a machine at your provider.
Set up a local caching DNS ( or local secondary for your domain) to
stop this. sendmail is doing a DNS lookup before processing the mail.
Sendmail could also be reconfigured to not do DNS lookups, but I would
suggest the caching DNS server approach.
Kent S. Gordon
Senior Software Engineer
iNetSpace Co.
voice: (972)851-3494 fax:(972)702-0384 e-mail:kgor@inetspace.com
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