Where does the MX records point? You don't tell us what the domain is so
we can't help much.
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Victor Hugo wrote:
> Ok. I've set qmail up before with no problems but
> for some reason a machine which I installed it on
> today does not seem to be working right.
>
> It seems to refuse all mail sent to it from outside
> the local host.
>
> An example:
>
> "Remote host said: 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my
> list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)
> Giving up."
>
> However, the domain that I'm sending to IS in
> the rcpthosts and in the locals file.
>
> Even stranger, none of the attempted deliveries and
> subsequent bounces are logged! Connections from
> the local machine are logged fine(telneting to port
> 25 and sending a test message by hand for example),
> but when I send mail from outside(yahoo mail in this
> case), nothing ever shows up in the logs.
>
> I've noticed that all of /var/qmail/control is
> owned by root, could this cause the problems?
>
> I'm sure I'm doing something stupid for which I will
> soon find the answer, but any advice would still
> be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jack
>
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