From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 3 16:22:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1039916A40E for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:22:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAB1F13C4BD for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:22:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz ([69.27.149.254]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l33GMojn069925; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:22:51 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <46127F55.5090602@daleco.biz> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:22:45 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2pre) Gecko/20070221 SeaMonkey/1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "V.I.Victor" References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! Mail to 'localhost' not staying local X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:22:54 -0000 V.I.Victor wrote: > Somthing changed -- literally overnight! Or perhaps, some old problem is just showing up. > > All my log reports, et cetera are stuck in mqueue. > > Example -- for years, the following line has been in root's crontab: (sorry if folded) > > @reboot /bin/echo "reboot" |/usr/bin/mail -s "start-up at `date`" root@localhost > > > It has worked without any problems delivering an email indicating start-up time. > > > Now... Well, here's some lines from the 'mqueue' file: > > H??Received: from zebra.athome.net (localhost.athome.net [127.0.0.1]) > by zebra.athome.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l33AFhEA000481 > for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 06:15:44 -0400 (EDT) > (envelope-from root@ld2.networksolutions.com) > H??Received: (from root@localhost) > by zebra.athome.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id l33AFhqS000433 > for root@localhost; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 06:15:43 -0400 (EDT) > (envelope-from root) > > It seems that my local network name of "athome.net" is being "evaluated." > >>From 'whois athome.net' -- > > Domain Name: ATHOME.NET > Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. > Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com > Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com > Name Server: NS3.LAMEDELEGATION.NET > Name Server: NS4.LAMEDELEGATION.NET > Status: clientTransferProhibited > Updated Date: 02-apr-2007 > Creation Date: 30-nov-1999 > Expiration Date: 30-nov-2015 > > It's been around since 1999, but was updated yesterday. Why are your nameservers set to "lamedelegation.net"? Did you leave an old credit card on file with your registrar? It *sounds* like a potential issue. Just, err, curious? Kevin Kinsey -- We have no scorched earth policy. We have a policy of scorched Communists. -- General Efrain Rios Montt, President of Guatemala, 1982