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

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

I have setup a domain on my RaQ4 that points to extenal mail server.
I had a problem in the begining like what you are facing now but
it was solved by removing the domain entry in the sendmail local-host-names
file.

Sorry I said IP address but you should you use hostname .. Below my dns
config
for that domain I mentioned above

MyDomain.com.   in      a       My.IP.Address.On.the.Same.Box
MyDomain.com.   in      mx      20 Outside.Mail.Server.Host.Name

I have the CNAMES to make my customers to directly use:

mail.MyDomain.com when checking mail ..

When using CNAMES:

and given you want to point mail.YourDomain.com --->
mail2.ExternalDomain.com then;

aliases hostname = mail
aliases domain name = YourDomain.com

target hostname = mail2
target domain name = ExternalDomain.com


BUT still your server consider the users@xxxxxxxxxx as local ...
Just point YourDomain.com MX Record to the Outside Domain ..
Do not use mail.YourDomain.com in MX. use domain.com ..

Sorry If I have confused you with CNAMES but I was just trying
to verify step by step what is wrong.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

aljuhani@xxxxxxxxx

----- 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


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.