Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:49:11 -0500 From: Jerod Prothe <jprothe@usd217.org> To: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail malady - dns/postfix Message-ID: <4315D177.5040900@usd217.org> In-Reply-To: <4315CF0E.2020707@scls.lib.wi.us> References: <4315C67B.9020907@usd217.org> <4315CF0E.2020707@scls.lib.wi.us>
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Greg Barniskis wrote: > Jerod Prothe wrote: > >> Greetings all, >> On my network, we used to have some NT box acting as the mail >> exchanger and a faulty dns for our domain. That box has nearly >> crumbled. It's still active, but no longer accepting mail. I set up >> a computer (called galley) with 5.4 and it is (supposedly) running >> authoritative dns for our domain, and is handling mail via postfix. >> Since I changed the dns, I alerted our registrar, which was originally >> doing lookups for us. >> The problem is, now local citizens are trying to send mail to us, but >> they are getting bounce messages reporting that it couldn't talk to >> otto, the old NT box. > > > [config snipped] > >> There may be more at stake here: If this doesn't work well, then any >> credibility that I have with my employer concerning using open-source >> may be exhausted. Any other conf's I should show? > > > At a glance (not thorough inspection) your config looked OK. Expire time > of 100 days seems a bit long. > > When I nslookup MX for your domain, I get the addr of your new server > "galley", so no apparent problem there (although I see from a follow-up > post that some folks are getting MX = otto, and *that* is your problem > in a nutshell). > > If otto is no longer providing any services to the outside world, how > about just indicating via DNS that otto is CNAME to galley? > CNAME to galley? That's a good idea. I changed it and reduced the expire time to 10d (I got it out of the Lehey Complete FreeBSD book). I wonder why it is that Australia has updated but a US State has not? Thanks for your help.
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