On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 01:55:50PM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote: > Peter McNabb wrote: > > > > On Dec 17, 2007, at 12:45 PM, Charles Curley wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:52:45AM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote: > >>> This should work once "dig mx charlesc" works on 192.168.1.3. Postfix > >>> looks first for an MX record rather than an A record. > >> > >> It does? I've never had an MX record before. And failing an MX record, > >> shouldn't it then try for an A record? > > > > Yes. Er, well, that's how the RFC says it should work. A quick glance at > > the postfix source confirms that it does work this way. :) > > Ok, I stand corrected. However, on further inspection, Charles' problem > appears to be unrelated to MX records. Postfix is seeing the mail, but > then thinks it should relay the mail rather than deliver to a local user.
Postfix *is* supposed to relay. The postfix instance is running on phoenix, and the mail is addressed to root, which phoenix has aliased as [EMAIL PROTECTED] This all worked until sometime this weekend. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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