I installed qmail, and am running into problems getting email from
outside. Locally mail delivers okay, and aliases work locally. However I
get errors about name lookup trying to send, even though I have found no
issues with the dns.
The remote machine I'm sending from is able to do an nslookup on each of
the desitations. It also knows wha tthe MX record is supposed to be, so I
am certain the mail is /hitting/ the destination, which tells me qmail is
bouncing it. Though I can't find a log message to that effect.
The actual error is:
----- The following addresses had transient non-fatal errors -----
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----- Transcript of session follows -----
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
... Deferred: Name
server:
mail.domain.org.: host name lookup failure
Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
Will keep trying until message is 5 days old
It says non fatal, but I never see the message.
#more /var/qmail/control/me
marathon.domain.org
# more rcpthosts
marathon.domain.org
mail.domain.org
marathon.otherdomain.net
ns.domain.org
# more plusdomain
@domain.org
@otherdomain.net
For the purposes of DNS, pavia.otherdomain.net is authoritative for
domain.org. Additionally, marathon.domain.org = mail.otherdomain.org =
domain.org = ns.domain.org.
; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @pavia.otherdomain.net domain.org MX
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; domain.org, type = MX, class = IN
;; ANSWER SECTION:
domain.org. 30M IN MX 10 mail.domain.org.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.domain.org. 30M IN A 63.196.9.126
;; Total query time: 23 msec
;; FROM: puffer.quadrunner.com to SERVER: pavia.otherdomainB.net
63.196.9.123
;; WHEN: Mon Nov 29 06:39:34 1999
;; MSG SIZE sent: 30 rcvd: 67
I would appreciate any insight people might have.
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Aodhan of Mountainview
Internet Guy
"Every beginning comes from some other beginning's end."
- Semisonic, "Closing Time"
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