I finally figured it out. Let this stand as a record for deja / qmail
surfers everywhere!!
1. Can your computer do a nslookup of a FQDN and not yours?
That needs to be working.
2. Can you ping a FQDN and an IP
Thats where I screwed up! I could easily nslookup anyone but my
machine had an
incorrect entry in /etc/resolve.conf
It need to say somewhere in there
nameserver 127.0.0.1
That's what the problem was for me!!
Thanks to everyone!
Steven
At 09:16 AM 7/13/00 -0400, Tim Hunter wrote:
>is anydomain.com a single domain or absolutely anydomain?
>
>try nslookup anydomain.com 198.6.1.1 (thats using uunet dnsserver)
>and see if you get the same response.
>
>you most likely are getting dns problems.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steven M. Klass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 8:10 PM
>To: Tim Hunter; Steven M. Klass; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dave Sill
>Subject: RE: CNAME_lookup_failed_temporarily._(#4.4.3)
>
>
>OH HOW I BOW DOWN TO THEE!!!
>After scouring the qmail posts YOURS comes shining through.
>
>Now I have a weird problem. Why can I do an nslookup of
>anydomain.com and get the ip, but when I ping anydomain.com i get
>zilch. Now if I ping the IP of anydomain.com, I get something. What's
>goin on around here? Any Ideas?
>
>Again, thanks a million
>
>Steven
>
>At 07:32 PM 7/12/00 -0400, Tim Hunter wrote:
> >the error CNAME_lookup_failed_temporarily._(#4.4.3) means that your machine
> >cannot lookup the remote host.
> >
> >This does not mean that your qmail is misconfigured it does mean that your
> >dns or the remote dns is misconfigured.
> >
> >I would doubt you are able to ping the MX for that host you are having
> >problems with.
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Steven M. Klass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 7:32 PM
> >To: Steven M. Klass; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dave Sill
> >Subject: Re: CNAME_lookup_failed_temporarily._(#4.4.3)
> >
> >
> >At 03:19 PM 7/12/00 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Can you give me a good place to start looking in DNS for a solution. The
> > >box running qmail is also the DNS box. I am in charge of both of them,
> > >although rather green in both too. Anyway I am looking for a good place
> > >to start. I am on the bind list and have mailed out my named.conf /
> > >127.0.0 files and everyone says it's good to go. I have applied the
> > >patch, re-did the make setup check, and config-fast. I still have CNAME
> > >failures happening. I really want to get this resolved, but I am quickly
> > >becoming stumped. Please help.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> >
> >Could it be the fact that my ip 216.160.204.35 resolves to
> >jdsl35.phnx.uswest.net and when I did the config-fast andigilog.com it is
> >confused. But I want to receive mail for andigilog.com. What am I doing
> >wrong? I haven't yet, but I will have the DNS server for andigilog.com
> >(presently earthlink) change the MX to point to
> >jdsl35.phnx.uswest.net. Where and how can I resolve this?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Steven M. Klass
> >Systems Administrator
> >
> >Andigilog Inc.
> >7404 W. Detroit Street, Suite 100
> >Chandler, AZ 85226
> >Ph: 602-940-6200 ext. 18
> >Fax: 602-940-4255
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >http://www.andigilog.com/
>
>Steven M. Klass
>Physical Design Engineering Manager
>
>Andigilog Inc.
>7404 W. Detroit Street, Suite 100
>Chandler, AZ 85226
>Ph: 602-940-6200 ext. 18
>Fax: 602-940-4255
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.andigilog.com/
