On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 02:27:45AM +0100, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen wrote:
> On 11-Jan-99 06:26:52, Graphic Rezidew wrote something about "Qmail as a secondary 
>MX". I just couldn't help replying to it, thus:
> > I have a domain (rezidew.net) with a dedicated 24/hr connection. I have 
> > a friend with a machine not on my domain (friend.someother.net). My 
> > question is this: Since his machine may be down for days at a time, how
> > do I queue mail for him when he's offline?
> 
> > he has edited his MX record
> 
> > I have tried adding him to my /var/qmail/controls/rcpthosts
> > but I keep getting an error in the maillog saying;
> 
>    Something is wrong with your friend's DNS setup. friend.someother.net
> doesn't even resolve from here:
> 
> 23. System3.1:> nslookup -query=mx friend.someother.net
> Server:  carlsberg.kampsax.dtu.dk
> Address:  192.38.212.2
> 
> *** carlsberg.kampsax.dtu.dk can't find friend.someother.net: Non-existent 
>host/domain

That's because friend.someother.net is probably not really the domain he's
talking about.

Greetz, Peter.
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