Hi --
I am using BSD_4.3-RELEASE and have a problem with service.switch.
I want sendmail to deliver to hosts on the local network without
consulting DNS -- i.e. to check /etc/hosts for IP addresses.
If I place the following line in /etc/mail/service.switch
hosts files
everything works as expected.
But if instead I place the following line in /etc/mail/service.switch
hosts files dns
then mail gets queued (deferred) with a host name lookup failure when
the DNS server is not reachable.
I thought that the if the requested host was successfully found in
the /etc/hosts file that dns should never be consulted. But apparently
DNS is being consulted, even though I stipulated that lookup should
first be done in /etc/hosts.
Is there a bug in my configuration or understanding?
TIA
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