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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