Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 14:50:19 +1100 (EST) From: Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: sendmail refusing to deliver to domains without MX records Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9903181434001.20626-100000@velvet.sensation.net.au>
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Hi all, Why does sendmail (possibly with FreeBSD default config only) seem to refuse to deliver to a domain or hostname unless it has an MX record? Just now, I tried to send an email to someone@redback.spyda.net and it's queued with the message "host name lookup failure". The IP can be resolved, however it has no MX records. I've seen this happen before, is it a configuration issue or does sendmail do this by itself? The guy I'm trying to email thinks only my system is broken as everyone elses works "without a hassle" Happened on 2.1.5-R and 2.2.7-R (a new install, not an upgrade) But things get stranger... I've just done some checking from a 2.2.2-R machine and it works fine using: echo hello | mail <addr> sendmail <addr> then enter to/from/subj/body manually pine, composing a normal message Same thing from a 2.2.5-R machine. Anyone have any idea what's going on? I'm sure I've seen the 2.2.2-R machine do this before, but perhaps I'm not remembering too well. Am I going crazy? BTW, the 2.2.7-R machine uses the 2.2.2-R and 2.2.5-R machine as DNS forwarders. On a hunch I removed the forward clause from named.conf (BIND8), restarted named and did sendmail -q, but still the same problem. Thanks for any pointers to solving this odd problem. Cheers. -- Rowan Crowe Sensation Internet Services, Melbourne Aust fidonet: 3:635/728 +61-3-9388-9260 http://www.rowan.sensation.net.au/ http://www.sensation.net.au/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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