Did you REBOOT after modifying the HOSTS file? The hosts file is only read by the operating system at the time of the system boot. If you are running a Windows based operating system, changes made without rebooting a machine will not be known by the OS until the machine is rebooted.
Bruce Barnes ChicagoNetTech -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 18:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] DNS Used Rather Than Hosts for Local Mail Servers The Hosts file is in the correct folder (c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc) and the SMTP service is using the Local System Account. When I check the SMTP log, the IMail server looks like it will read the first domain (after localhost) and properly use the private IP for delivery. If I send a message to the second domain in the Host file list (after localhost), the send fails and the message is delivered via the gateway. All I can say is "Weird...." Also, I thought maybe there was an update so I downloaded and tried to install the 8.02 version. I'm using the Eval 8.01 but the patch would not install. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sanford Whiteman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 7:13 PM Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] DNS Used Rather Than Hosts for Local Mail Servers > > ...curious to know why IMail keeps using DNS before Hosts. > > Is it, in fact, using HOSTS at all? If you add a static mailroute to > HOSTS for a domain which does not exist via DNS, does IMail then > attempt to route using the HOSTS entry? > > If not, then your HOSTS file may be located in the wrong directory, or > the impersonated service user may not have rights to the file for an > odd reason. > > -Sandy > > > ------------------------------------ > Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist > Broadleaf Systems, a division of > Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
