--=-UU8ro6CGzeSucxawEJfN Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is what I got. If I don't have the A record for the-arcanum.org sendmail errors saying the domain doesn't exist. I created the MX record, the-arcanum.org points to apache (192.168.0.2) priority 10 This is what is said... The original message was received at Wed, 21 Jan 2004 03:40:58 -0700 from [192.168.0.5] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 5.0.0 MX list for the-arcanum.org. points back to apache.the-arcanum.org 554 5.3.5 Local configuration error `````````````````````` On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 03:10, Robert Ambrose wrote: > Do you have the-arcanum.org listed in sendmail.cw/local-host-names (or > whatever the name de jour is)? The MX record for you internal DNS zone > should point to the system which will receive the email. Since the email > shouldn't be going outside your LAN, port blocking by Qwest should not be > an issue. Specifying an A record for the-arcanum.org is not necessary to= =20 > get email delivered to the-arcanum.org, the MX record does this. =20 >=20 > A very useful technique for debugging how an email address will be > delivered to is to use the -bt option with sendmail: >=20 > sendmail -bt > 3,0 user@the-arcanum.org >=20 > Will show how sendmail thinks an email addressed to this recipient will=20 > be delivered. >=20 > rna >=20 > On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Nathan England wrote: >=20 > >=20 > > I am trying to setup internal e-mail on my systems and I'm having weird > > problems. My firewall is 192.168.0.1, my e-mail (sendmail and ipop3d) > > are on 192.168.0.2, .2 is also my internal dns that all my machines use= . > >=20 > > My firewall is setup for eth0 being my vdsl connection, eth1 is my > > internal nic. All machines connect to the outside via iptables nat. > >=20 > > Qwest blocks port 25, I think that's my problem, coming from the > > internal nat. > >=20 > > when 192.168.0.5 sends an e-mail, it goes to .2 which resolves > > the-arcanum.org as internal 192.168.0.1, when I watch sendmail on .2, i= t > > says it is deferred and stops. It won't send it.=20 > >=20 > > I tried changing my dns to resolve the-arcanum.org to be .2 , but that > > didn't work, it came back saying that the message loops back to itself, > > MX problem. So I added MX records for the-arcanum.org to point to .2 bu= t > > then sendmail just times out trying to send a message. > >=20 > > Is this all because qwest is blocking 25 and I'm internally nat'ing, or > > something else? I didn't have this problem when I had normal dsl withou= t > > any ports being blocked, but maybe I'm missing the problem. > >=20 > > Can anyone shed some light on this for me? > >=20 > > nathan > >=20 > >=20 >=20 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --=20 Nathan England Arcanum Linux ! nathan at the-arcanum.org jabber id: linuxjunkie@jabber.earth.li "A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular." --Adlai Stevenson Registered Linux User #189789, Machine #106603 www.sincerechoice.org --=-UU8ro6CGzeSucxawEJfN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBADlZ6BSK6uOjZg9gRAspSAJ9830KifYZelHnClMDjZ8pEdhyrMgCg4Qla wkpOjsoFt+QYrRerO9R+bF0= =1IHf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-UU8ro6CGzeSucxawEJfN--