Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:08:48 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble with sendmail on a new host. Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.971118160411.18100F-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <TCPSMTP.17.11.18.-16.30.4.3047923923.5780@bbs.dcoisp.net>
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On Tue, 18 Nov 1997 ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net wrote: > Today, I just added a host to my domain: media.dcoisp.net. It is a > freeBSD 2.2.5-realease box. It is running sendmail. The sendmail came > with the freebsd distribution. > I have successfully added the entry to my dns files, IE, the IN A > records and the PTR records. Unfortunately, no remote email is getting > through to this host. Local email is delivered just fine, but not > remote email. I have made no changes to the sendmail.cf file or any of My guess is that you forgot to update the serial number in your DNS zone files. Or forgot to SIGHUP named. > that since installing the software. My question is: > Does there need to be an mx record in my database files for named? I Yes. Delivering mail to A records is *wrong* !! Lots of systems will do it but it is still *wrong* !! (and probably not causing the problem) MX's are cheap, add a few :) > Back when I started my hole network, my isp was taking care of dns > issues for me, as well as internic related issues. I have read some > internic faqs and the like, and I didn't get the idea that I have to > register a new host each time I add one to my network right? Only if I > was making this host a nameserver would I have to register the host with > the internic? Correct. You control your network, no need to inclve anyone else. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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