I had the same problem. Instead of localhost put the ip address of the
SMTP server.
Rizwan
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Marco Calistri wrote:
> Hello this is a very elementary question but I had mail lost
> due to a wrong configuration of my /var/qmail/control/locals.
>
> Using fetchmail as mail retrieval I used the line:
>
> smtphost localhost
> into .fetchmailrc
>
> Then since qmail host has an unknown domain name,
> I changed the file /var/qmail/control/defaulthost
> from linux.ik5bcu.ampr.org (private unknow name)
> to ik5bcu.ampr.org (my AMPRNET domain name)
>
> Messages are now accepted also from servers who require
> a FQDN (kernel.vger.edu):
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Connected to 199.183.24.194 but sender was rejected.
> Remote host said: 553 5.4.3 For MAIL FROM address
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> the policy analysis reports DNS error with your
> source domain.
>
> But MAILER-DAEMON@qmail now seems to be addressed to
> ik5bcu.ampr.org instead to linux.ik5bcu.ampr.org
>
> <ik5bcu@localhost>:
> Sorry. Although I'm listed as a best-preference MX or A for that host,
> it isn't in my control/locals file, so I don't treat it as local. (#5.4.6)
> --- Below this line is a copy of the message.
>
> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Received: (qmail 1289 invoked from network); 18 Apr 2001 12:57:27 -0000
> Received: from localhost (HELO box.tin.it) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> by localhost with SMTP; 18 Apr 2001 12:57:27 -0000
> Received: from linux.ik5bcu.ampr.org ([213.217.186.123])
> by fep22-svc.tin.it (InterMail vM.4.01.03.13 201-229-121-113)
> with SMTP
>
> So ignoring where the problem was I changed
> .fetchmailrc putting the line:
> ssmtphost linux.ik5bcu.ampr.org
> and removing localhost from /var/qmail/control/locals
>
> I did this on the wrong moment:qmail was running with
> previous configuration so when I retrieved mail from
> my ISP 73 messages have been lost because they was
> addressed to localhost.
>
> The final of this long and unclear description is:
> what is the right and safe use of localhost
> (if any!)
> inside /control/locals or /control/rcpthosts?
>
> What a better workaround about DNS problem:
> using qmail hostname linux.ik5bcu.ampr.org as defaulthost
> without servers complains as vger.kernel.edu?
>
> --
> Regards,: Marco Calistri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> gpg key available on http://www.qsl.net/ik5bcu
> Xfmail 1.4.7p2 on linux RedHat 6.2
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