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Date:      Sat, 22 Jul 1995 19:34:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net>
To:        Ollivier Robert <roberto@blaise.ibp.fr>
Cc:        nate@trout.sri.MT.net, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: MX records and sendmail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950722193331.10942B-100000@aries.ai.net>
In-Reply-To: <199507222328.BAA26114@blaise.ibp.fr>

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On Sun, 23 Jul 1995, Ollivier Robert wrote:

> > in the DNS entry, what will happen is B will freak out trying to send 
> > back to itself on the MX try. Site B is the best site for A, it should 
> > try A directly. What will happen is the mail will be held in B's queue 
> > until A comes back online. 
> 
> Not all sendmail will react like this. This not the default behaviour
> for sendmail 8.x :
> 
> # if we are the best MX host for a site, try it directly instead of config err
> #O TryNullMXList
> 

I was just looking at the sendmail.cf that I believe came with my 
installation of FreeBSD since I assumed that is what Nate would be using. 
You are right that not all sendmails will react that way.

-Jerry.




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