On Wed, July 30, 2008 3:19 pm, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > I was just perusing the /var/log/messages file on a system I have > that's currently running Postfix 2.5.1 and I saw the following messages: > > Jul 29 19:47:42 roomy postfix/smtpd[72875]: gethostby*.getanswer: asked > for "ip200.208-100-19.vswitch.static.steadfast.net IN A", got type > "DNAME" > Jul 29 22:34:26 roomy postfix/smtpd[36437]: gethostby*.getanswer: asked > for "ip40.216-86-147.vswitch.static.steadfast.net IN A", got type "DNAME" > Jul 29 22:42:41 roomy postfix/smtpd[36743]: gethostby*.getanswer: asked > for "ip40.216-86-147.vswitch.static.steadfast.net IN A", got type "DNAME" > Jul 30 04:26:11 roomy kernel: pid 68220 (local), uid 125: exited on > signal 11 > > Questions: > > > 1) What are those "DNAME" messages all about?
I think it means postfix tried to look up the A record for the host that sent mail and didn't find one. > > > 2) Where should I be looking for the coredump file for "local"? I have no idea.
