On 09-Jan-99 06:05:33, anoah wrote something about "host name re-writing?". I just
couldn't help replying to it, thus:
> i made jfh.pfeiffer.edu a cname to ares.pfeiffer.edu, and
> added jfh.pfeiffer.edu to rcpthosts.
> when i send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] via qmail-inject
> or via sendmail replacement, it works. but, if sent via
> smtp, i get a reply back saying that mail cant be delivered
> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] cause it is not in rcpthosts.
Use an MX record instead of a CNAME record:
jfh.pfeiffer.edu. IN MX 10 ares.pfeiffer.edu.
> now all is well. why do smtp mails re-write the hostname?????
The RFC's say so.
Regards,
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