Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:22:13 +0100 From: "Gerard Meijer" <gmeijer@palmweb.nl> To: "Greg Barniskis" <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> Cc: Hexren <me@hexren.net> Subject: Re: get local sendmail to use MX records Message-ID: <0d9501c519d4$9ded8f80$9600000a@guus> References: <0d6501c519cd$01466d70$9600000a@guus> <124566255.20050223183027@hexren.net> <0d7701c519d0$794cdea0$9600000a@guus> <421CC73F.7000805@scls.lib.wi.us>
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Hi Greg, I'm absolutely sure that this is not the case anymore. I removed everything. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Barniskis" <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: "Gerard Meijer" <gmeijer@palmweb.nl> Cc: "Hexren" <me@hexren.net>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:11 PM Subject: Re: get local sendmail to use MX records > Gerard Meijer wrote: >> No, that is not the solution. It could be, but it's not what I want. >> >> An example: >> >> domain: domain.com >> domain.com is hosted on server B. The MX record for domain.com says that >> server A handles the mail of domain.com. So anyname@domain.com should be >> handled by server A. >> >> This works, but now on server B there runs a script that sends an e-mail >> to gerard@domain.com . What SHOULD happen is that sendmail on server B >> looks up the MX record for domain.com, sees that server A handles the >> mail for domain.com and sends the mail to server A. What happens is that >> sendmail recognizes the domain as hosted on that machine and uses >> localhost to deliver the mail. It looks for user gerard (in this >> example), which doesn't exist. >> >> I agree with you, a solution would be to set in the alias file of server >> B something like gerard: root@serverA.com . If this was about just one >> e-mailaddress, it wouldn't be a problem, but I'm actually talking about a >> little more then one address. >> >> So that's not a good solution for me. > > If I followed you correctly, "server B" *formerly* was the appropriate end > point for mail for "domain.com". If that is true, then on server B, the > sendmail config probably indicates that mail destined for domain.com is > delivered locally. Remove that indicator and it should revert to MX lookup > behavior to find the appropriate handler for the domain. There may be > multiple places in the sendmail config where domain.com is named for > different purposes. Hunt them all down and kill them. > > -- > Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator > South Central Library System (SCLS) > Library Interchange Network (LINK) > <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348 > > A: Because it reverses the natural flow of a dialog. > Q: Why is top posting undesirable when replying? > >
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