Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 05:37:08 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Marius Kirschner" <marius@agoron.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail server question Message-ID: <15222.23636.187568.435868@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <120931976@toto.iv>
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Marius Kirschner <marius@agoron.com> types: > I have a little dilemma and I can't seem to figure out how to fix this. > Okay, here's the scenerio. > > I have 2 FreeBSD boxes, one that is acting as the DNS and mail server and > the other as my web server. If somebody sents an e-mail from the outside to > a virtual domain that is being hosted on the web server the mail is > delivered correctly. However, if the web server tries to send an e-mail > (via a web form mail or so) to a virtual domain it tried to deliver it > locally. > > I think I need to set some MX records on the localhost so it knows that it's > not in charge of the mail for those domains, but where? Any pointers are > greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sounds more like the mailer on the web server is misconfigured, so that it thinks the domain name for the mail server is a local domain name. Hard to say what to look at without knowing which MTA you're using. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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