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Date:      Sun, 6 Feb 2005 23:48:39 +0100
From:      Hexren <me@hexren.net>
To:        "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re[2]: Sendmail host lookup problem
Message-ID:  <6843020820.20050206234839@hexren.net>
In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEEIFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
References:  <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEEIFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Hexren
>> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 1:46 PM
>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>> Subject: Sendmail host lookup problem
>> 
>> 
>> I have a LAN in the 192.168.0 range. I am trying to send mail from
>> 192.168.0.78 (gc-infra.steenbuck.net) to 192.168.0.29
>> (bettchen.steenbuck.net).
>> This leeds to 550 errors. "Host unknown (Name server: 
>> bettchen.steenbuck.net: host not found)"
>> 
>> 192.168.0.29 is also acting as my DNS Server. Both machines 
>> have correct (or so I hope) entries in the nameserver.

TM> Either you don't have correct entries in the nameserver, or your
TM> /etc/resolv.conf on gc-infra is not using 192.168.0.29 as it's
TM> nameserver.

TM> What is the output of nslookup on gc-infra when you key in
TM> the bettchen.steenbuck.net name?  What is it when you issue
TM> a "set type=mx" at the nslookup prompt followed by the
TM> bettchen.steenbuck.net name?  What is it when you key in the
TM> IP number 192.168.0.29?

TM> Ted
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[gc-infra:~]#nslookup bettchen.steenbuck.net
Server:         192.168.0.29
Address:        192.168.0.29#53

Name:   bettchen.steenbuck.net
Address: 192.168.0.29

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[gc-infra:~]#nslookup
> set type=mx
> bettchen.steenbuck.net
Server:         192.168.0.29
Address:        192.168.0.29#53

bettchen.steenbuck.net  mail exchanger = 10 bettchen.steenbuck.net.

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[gc-infra:~]#nslookup 192.168.0.29
Server:         192.168.0.29
Address:        192.168.0.29#53

29.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa       name = bettchen.steenbuck.net.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa.

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[gc-infra:~]#cat /etc/resolv.conf 
search steenbuck.net
nameserver 192.168.0.29

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