Seth Mattinen:
Host or domain name not found. Name service error for
name=mail.x.net type=A: Host found but no data record of requested type
The DNS server reported that the destination has no MX record (RFC
5321 requires MX before A lookups) and that the destination has no
A record.
When
I apologize in advance if I'm being horribly dense, but I'm seeing
something that doesn't feel right. In the event that a transport map
lookup fails with a host not found error, Postfix is bouncing the
message rather than treating it as a temporary error.
For my test, I have the transport map:
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 06:47:58PM -0700, Seth Mattinen wrote:
I apologize in advance if I'm being horribly dense, but I'm seeing
something that doesn't feel right. In the event that a transport map
lookup fails with a host not found error, Postfix is bouncing the
message rather than treating
Victor Duchovni wrote:
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 06:47:58PM -0700, Seth Mattinen wrote:
I apologize in advance if I'm being horribly dense, but I'm seeing
something that doesn't feel right. In the event that a transport map
lookup fails with a host not found error, Postfix is bouncing the
Victor Duchovni wrote:
So, my question is, why is that fatal instead of temporary? Shouldn't it
be temporary? Observed on 2.5.5 and 2.4.5.
It should not be temporary. All lookups succeed and establish that the
destination is non-existent. Postfix correctly bounces the message.
If you
