Quoting Steven Rice ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > James Stevens wrote:
> > 1. In qmail how can I force it to go by both MX and A records as
> > opposed to just A records?? I have found that qmail seems to have a
> > problem when it can't resolve the A record even though the MX is fully
> > resolveable to an IP...
>
> Every MX record should point to CNAME or an A record. "A" records work
> better but CNAME are fine but you have to do more wierdness to get it
> working.
>
> I think qmail looks up the A record, then the MX record, but I'm not
> sure about that.
Noooo... MX records have preference, if they exist, like for all
reasonable MTAs.
> > 2. Is there any way to view whats actually in queue as oppsed to just
> > seeing numbers.. My boss likes being able to actually see the queue
> > like in the old Sendmail.
> It's a little wierd. The messages are stored in one place and the queue
> in another.
>
> The message is in /var/qmail/queue/mess/$n/$messagenumber
>
> The addresses that is to be sent to is in
> /var/qmail/queue/remote/$n/$messagenumber or
> /var/qmail/queue/local/$n/$messagenumber
>
> So cat /var/qmail/queue/mess/$n/$messagenumber to view the message and
> /var/qmail/queue/remote/$n/$messagenumber to veiw where it's going.
>
> This is one reason why I think the qmail-queue system sucks.
Oh, really? Are you prepared to whip up something better? It's all
transparant to you, unless you have some catastrophic queue failure.
The structure works extremely well for the majority of mail loads.
In what other respects does the queue system suck in your expert
opinion? heh..
I wonder if you have actually been using "cat" to view the mail queue
instead of qmail-qread? If so, it's no wonder you're panties are in a
bunch.
Aaron
