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dns/sendmail question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PATRICK MAIN)
Sat Jan 13 17:32:25 1996
Date: 09 Jan 96 12:56:36 EST
From: PATRICK MAIN <72254.3077@compuserve.com>
To: <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
please excuse the c-serve return e-mail but that's my most reliable mail
server!
QUESTION1: I have a server called mailhub.pensacola.com which is the same
machine as pensacola.com; ipaddress is 206.96.254.1
mail to pmain@mailhub.pensacola.com works while
mail to pmain@pensacola.com causes a loopback error
Have tried several combinations of mx records and even NO MX records
in the DNS mailhub is also running dns and tried running without.
What's crazy is there is another machine with nearly identical
configuration called mailhub.amaranth.com which does do all the above
correctly for amaranth.com <go figure>
All programs on pensacola.com are from SLACKWARE PRO version 2.3 while
the amaranth.com machine has programs dating from an earlier slackware
that came with the 1.1.59 kernel. <that's another story!>
anyhow the admin for amaranth is not very knowledegable on linux and
networking issues which is why i have been called. dns and sendmail are
not my strongest suit
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
please send a copy of replies to 72254.3077.compuserve.com but i do
usually get most messages posted here!
QUESTION2: WHILE WE'RE AT IT what is the proper way to get pensacola.com
to receive mail for a totally different domain such as teacher.net I do know
that i can create a CNAME entry for say: mail.teacher.net that would cause
mail.teacher.net to be an alias for mailhub.pensacola.com and all would work
how could i get pensacola's mailhub to accept mail like: pmain@teacher.net??
RTFM .... yes i know and the O'Reilly books are on the way even now. BUT
surely somebody already has this setup already. perhaps a hint? :-)
ps: the masquerade seems to be working very well for another client! 1.3.35
and 1.3.45
E-mail from: Patrick Main, 09-Jan-1996
