On Tue, 29 May 2001, Richard A Nelson wrote: > > On Tue, 29 May 2001, Andrew Pollock wrote: > > > Subject: /etc/mail/nsswitch.conf (and /etc/mail/service.switch*) > > > > Are these used by sendmail or are they there for demonstration purposes? > > They are indeed used, and should mirror your /etc/nsswitch.conf (barring > the small syntatic change). > > > I'm running 8.11.3+8.12.0.Beta7-8, and it's doing some kooky stuff with > > respect to DNS resolution and mail delivery. It's swearing black and blue > > that a domain isn't resolving so it's queuing it, but I can resolve it by > > hand. Very confusing, and very annoying. > > I'll bet you've got a b0rked name server in your path... > > Install Beta10-1,Beta7-9, or if they're not yet available, add this to > /etc/mail/sendmail.mc: > define(`confBIND_OPTS', `+WorkAroundBrokenAAAA')dnl > > run sendmailconfig (or make) > > restart/reload sendmail
That was amazing. The mail queue is like nearly empty now. What does it do exactly? In what way is one of my nameservers b0rked? > > Even if you send a test message by connecting to port 25, and manually > > talking SMTP, after going RCPT TO: it goes "Recipient ok, (will queue)", > > so it categorically thinks the domain's uncontactable (or at least > > unresolveable). > > > > Just wondering if the switch files have anything to do with it. > > Not with this problem... > > -- > Rick Nelson > <Knghtbrd> you people are all insane. > <Joey> knight: sure, that's why we work on Debian. > <JHM> Knghtbrd: get in touch with your inner nutcase. >
