Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:32:55 -0800 From: Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail ignoring MX records Message-ID: <15889.11271.850676.349183@horsey.gshapiro.net> In-Reply-To: <20021226105711.GA4379@server.c18609.belrs1.nsw.optusnet.com.au> References: <20021226105711.GA4379@server.c18609.belrs1.nsw.optusnet.com.au>
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peterjeremy> One of my systems insists on trying to deliver mail directly peterjeremy> to A record addresses rather than via MX records. I've tried peterjeremy> comparing the configuration with a system that works sanely peterjeremy> and can't find any explanation for this behaviour. Does this peterjeremy> ring a bell with anyone? peterjeremy> The working system is running -STABLE from mid-September and peterjeremy> the non-working system is -STABLE from mid-July - but both are peterjeremy> the same sendmail. DNS is working correctly (according to peterjeremy> both dig and lynx). The only possibly relevant difference is peterjeremy> that the non-working system has a hostname that is totally peterjeremy> different to the FQDN that is visible externally - but I don't peterjeremy> think this is relevant. Note that sendmail-questions@sendmail.org may be a better support address for this type of question. However, you might try a delivery with debugging to see why it is failing. As root: date | sendmail -Am -v -d8.8 testaddress where testaddress is an address on a remote host. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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