Here's related question. What should internal domains be called and how are they setup in DNS? I've always used a non-existant domain name that I made up, but I know this is wrong. What's the correct solution? Robbie Walker NovaMetrix Development At 07:03 PM 11/1/99 , you wrote: >On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Dave Sill wrote: > >Sorry for a noise.. I read the following in the FAQ: >-------- >Answer: The SMTP standard does not permit aliased hostnames, so qmail >has to do a CNAME lookup in DNS for every recipient host. If the >relevant DNS server is down, qmail defers the message. It will try again >soon. >-------- > >Does this mean that I can't set up local (my LAN only) domain with MX set >to real dns name and I have to add non-real domain to >/var/qmail/control/locals ? > >I.e. I've mynet.org that is for masqueraded mashines only & I resolve as >vgsn.glasnet.ru. If I then write in named configs >"mynet.org CNAME vgsn.glasnet.ru." do I have to add "mynet.org" to >/var/qmail/control/locals ? > >Bye.Olli. > //System administrator of "Russia Young" internet group. > >Any info around "Russia Young" & Boris Nemtsov: >http://www.rosmol.ru , http://www.nemtsov.ru , http://www.boris.nemtsov.ru > >
