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Author: Nathan England
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Subject: network problems
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root@apache:~# dig -t any the-arcanum.org

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2-P3 <<>> -t any the-arcanum.org
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51598
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;the-arcanum.org.               IN      ANY


;; ANSWER SECTION:
the-arcanum.org.        38400   IN      MX      10
apache.the-arcanum.org.
the-arcanum.org.        38400   IN      A       192.168.0.1
the-arcanum.org.        38400   IN      SOA     apache.
webmaster.the-arcanum.or
g. 1074412333 10800 3600 604800 38400
the-arcanum.org.        38400   IN      NS      apache.


;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
apache.the-arcanum.org. 38400   IN      A       192.168.0.2


;; Query time: 25 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Thu Jan 22 00:16:02 2004
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 154


root@apache:~# sendmail -bt
ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
Enter <ruleset> <address>
> 3,0

canonify           input: nathan @ the-arcanum . org
Canonify2          input: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org >
Canonify2        returns: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
canonify         returns: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
parse              input: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
Parse0             input: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
Parse0           returns: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
ParseLocal         input: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
ParseLocal       returns: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
Parse1             input: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
Mailertable        input: < the-arcanum . org > nathan < @ the-arcanum .
org . >
Mailertable        input: the-arcanum . < org > nathan < @ the-arcanum .
org . >
Mailertable      returns: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
Mailertable      returns: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
MailerToTriple     input: < > nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
MailerToTriple   returns: nathan < @ the-arcanum . org . >
Parse1           returns: $# esmtp $@ the-arcanum . org . $: nathan < @
the-arcanum . org . >
parse            returns: $# esmtp $@ the-arcanum . org . $: nathan < @
the-arcanum . org . >



Any idea?

On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 23:42, Robert Ambrose wrote:
> What about sendmail.cw/local-host-names?
>=20
> Failing that, some information would be next.
>=20
> How about the output of:
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> dig -t any the-arcanum.org
>=20
> and
>=20
> sendmail -bt
> 3,0 
>=20
> Let's see those commands have to say for themselfs...
>=20
> rna
>=20
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Nathan England wrote:
>=20
> > 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...
> >=20
> > The original message was received at Wed, 21 Jan 2004 03:40:58 -0700
> > from [192.168.0.5]
> >=20
> >    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> > <>
> >=20
> >    ----- 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
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > ``````````````````````
> >=20
> > On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 03:10, Robert Ambrose wrote:
> > > Do you have the-arcanum.org listed in sendmail.cw/local-host-names (o=

r
> > > whatever the name de jour is)? The MX record for you internal DNS zo=

ne
> > > should point to the system which will receive the email. Since the e=

mail
> > > shouldn't be going outside your LAN, port blocking by Qwest should no=

t be
> > > an issue. Specifying an A record for the-arcanum.org is not necessar=

y 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
> > >=20
> > > Will show how sendmail thinks an email addressed to this recipient wi=

ll=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 w=

eird
> > > > problems. My firewall is 192.168.0.1, my e-mail (sendmail and ipop3=

d)
> > > > 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, it
> > > > 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 t=

hat
> > > > didn't work, it came back saying that the message loops back to its=

elf,
> > > > MX problem. So I added MX records for the-arcanum.org to point to .=

2 but
> > > > 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 wi=

thout
> > > > 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
> > > ---------------------------------------------------
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> >=20
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Nathan England

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