On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Linux WebMaster wrote:
->> When you see in the errors, that sender's domain must exist, which
->> means the server to which the mail has reached, requires reverse
->> lookups for receiving the mail. If your domain is not resolvable by
->> dnsservers you get this error. Better thing would be to properly
->> masquerade and use a smart-host, such as a mail server of vsnl/mtnl
->> etc for the proper delivery.
->
->OK ... not what you said makes sense but let me rephrase my question
->How do i go about masquerading mail servers like VSNL/MTNL?
->any steps to be followed?
1. Find out your ISP's mail-server IP number. 2. Use this as
smarthost for delivering mail via smtp: For this you have to edit
/etc/sendmail.cf. Call your ISP and ask which should be used as mail
server. If you cant find out, use 202.54.1.68, which bom1's
mailserver.
DSmailserver
What I do is put the IP of the mailserver in the /etc/hosts file with
the alias mailserver, instead of inserting in the sendmail.cf file.
This is just to eliminate meddling with the sendmail files too often,
and edit /etc/hosts as when you change your mail server.
AFAIK this will solve your problem.
Nagarjuna
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