Mathew Chandy writes:
> Whenever we send a external mail we get the following message in /var/log/maillog
>
> Jun 28 15:36:10 mail qmail: 993722770.649384 starting delivery 558: msg 53658 to
>remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Jun 28 15:36:10 mail qmail: 993722770.649477 status: local 0/10 remote 1/20
> Jun 28 15:36:50 mail qmail: 993722810.758651 delivery 558: deferral:
>CNAME_lookup_failed_temporarily._(#4.4.3)/
> Jun 28 15:36:50 mail qmail: 993722810.758758 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
> Jun 28 15:38:08 mail qmail: 993722888.928096 new msg 53659
>
> and it doesn't send the message.
>
It usually means that DNS lookup fails (hence the error
CNAME_lookup_failed_temporarily._). Make sure that your qmail machine has
access to DNS or else you'll need to route external mails to other machine
that does.
Regards,
Ahmad Ridha