Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:04:09 +0300 (EEST) From: Alexander V Zubchenko <stalker@hermes-comp.zp.ua> To: Eric Thornton <gonesurfing@mail.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: DNS, sendmail problems Message-ID: <20020618085641.Q12511-100000@server.hermes-comp.zp.ua> In-Reply-To: <20020618031508.5473.qmail@mail.com>
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Greetings! On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Eric Thornton wrote: > I'm new to DNS and sendmail and have been stumped on this one for a few days. > > I have set up named to run a DNS for my fake internal LAN domain > ".surfbbx". This LAN with internal IP's 192.168.0 connects to my ISP > over a dialup gateway. I have set up named to deliver mail for my How You can setup named (which is DNS server) to deliver mail (which is task of mail server, obviously)??? > fake domian to an internal smtp mail server "barreled.surfbbx". AFAIU, barreled located on LAN and is not gateway, right? Also is it DNS and mail server for LAN? > Everything works fine while my gateway is connected, however when > the > link is down, sendmail on my other machines times out when > contacting > the smtp server "barreled". Named, running on "barreled.surfbbx" Is they contacting barreled? Do You try to set on clients IP-address of mail server instead of name. > gives me no errors on startup with the gateway link up or down. > Nslookup and dig both return appropriate information for all > machines And barreled also. Check if the domain and address of barrel is correct for LAN. Mayb, name 'barrel' (if this is gateway) relate to external interface? > depite the link as well. Why won't sendmail communicate with my > dialup link down? And more importantly, why does a non-forewarded > DNS > running for a FAKE domain need an internet link anyway? Common sense It doesn't. > seems that my local DNS should function without root servers > availiable. ANY info, explanations would be greatly appreciated. I > would include all related files, but this email would be 4 pages > long. Just include Your LAN general configuration (barreled, gateway, other), output of nslookup for barreled and example config of mail clients. This would b enough, i think. With respect, Alexander V Zubchenko, E-Mail: stalker@hermes-comp.zp.ua System Administrator, WWW: http://www.hermes-comp.zp.ua/ Hermes-comp, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya, Geroev Stalingrada 50 phone/fax: +380 612 64-19-72 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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