On Jan 13, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Pieter Donche wrote:
on host1:
$ host -t MX macos.cmi.ua.ac.be
returns no answer
It is recommended to configure MX records for the domains in DNS, but
mail will fall back to using A records if no MX records exist.
But, when I try from host1
$ telnet
On Jan 14, 2009, at 1:02 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote:
On Jan 13, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Pieter Donche wrote:
What's wrong? Why does this not work out of the box ??
Given the security history of sendmail, it's not prudent to enable
sendmail by default.
It's not just that, but people who don't
Newly installed FreeBSD-7.0.
Sending mail to other hosts works.
Receiving mail does not:
Between host1 (non-freebsd) and host2 (freebsd 7), sending a mail from
host1 to host2 (both in domain .domain.topdom) results in message
'Returned mail: see transcript for details
On Tuesday 13 January 2009 13:20:33 Pieter Donche wrote:
'Returned mail: see transcript for details:
- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -
u...@host2.domain.topdom
- Transcript of session follows -
550 5.1.2 u...@host2.domain.topdom... Host unknown
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Pieter Donche wrote:
Between host1 (non-freebsd) and host2 (freebsd 7), sending a mail from
host1 to host2 (both in domain .domain.topdom) results in message
'Returned mail: see transcript for details:
- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors
on host1:
$ host -t MX macos.cmi.ua.ac.be
returns no answer
This is the same as with another host on the same subnet, also in the
same zone and on the same switch... and which does receive a sent mail
---
But, when I try from host1
$ telnet host2.domain.topdom 25
Trying 143.129.75.1...
FreeBSD 4.8 Release hijra.homeunix.com
Checking all the postfix conf files and everything
seems to be in the
right place. Thou this is my first time setting up a
mail server so it's
a learning experience for me. There are no errors in
any of the log files
anywhere. Telneting to port 143 and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (pat bey) writes:
FreeBSD 4.8 Release hijra.homeunix.com
Checking all the postfix conf files and everything seems to be in
the right place. Thou this is my first time setting up a mail
server so it's a learning experience for me. There are no errors in
any of the log
