Re: [cobalt-users] Raq 3 and External mail server problems

["Al-Juhani" <aljuhani@xxxxxxxxx>]

Your DNS setup then should be:

A Record "mail.domain.com" .. CNAME .. to the external mail server IP
address / or hostname.

then

MX record pointing to the A record ..

This way it should work ..


----- Original Message -----
From: "steeker" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 21:48
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Raq 3 and External mail server problems


> The domain is not listed in sendmail.cw
>
>
>
> > OK .. Then your sendmail version 8.9.3 I thought it is 8.10 ..
> > In your case the local-hostnames are under sendmail.cw ..
> >
> > here is the difference of file names and locations between 8.9 and 8.10:
> > http://www.sendmail.org/m4/files.html
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > I don't have that file in /etc/mail or anywhere I tried locate
> > local-hostnames and locate hostnames, nothing.
> >
> >
> >
> >> Go to the sendmail directory /etc/mail and pico local-hostnames file
and
> >> remove the entry for that domain .. restart sendmail and try now ..
> >>
> >>
> >>> For one of the domains on my raq3 needed to be changed to use an
external
> >>> mail server.  I setup the DNS with an a record for mail.domain.com and
an
> >> MX
> >>> record pointing to that domain.
> >>>
> >>> In the site management area I shut off accept email for this domain.
> >>>
> >>> All external email works fine for the domain, but any email
originating
> > on
> >>> the box (script) ends up as user unknown.
> >>>
> >>> How do I get the internal email to know to go outside of the box for
mail
> >>> delivery?
> >>>
> >>> The raq 3 is setup as SOA for the domain.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>
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