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

[steeker <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Currently I have an A record mail.domain.com pointing to the IP
MX record pointing to mail.domain.com

When I go to add a CNAME record, it asks for:
Alias Host Name
Alias Domain Name
Target Host Name
Target Domain Name

I can't enter in an IP.

Why would I need to have a CNAME record that has the alias mail.domain.com
pointing to the target mail.domain.com or domain.com?

Also when I run sendmail -bv testing@xxxxxxxxxx
testing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx deliverable: mailer local, user testing

There isn't a user testing on the whole box.

I tried restarting sendmail with no help.


> 
> 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 ..
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 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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