In the last episode (Jun 17), David Banning said:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 09:13:46AM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > In the last episode (Jun 17), David Banning said:
> > >
> > > I have tried to test that it is working by adding;
> > >
> > > 127.0.0.2 29.66.188.209.relays.ordb.org
> > >
> > > to my /etc/hosts file, as my ip address is 209.188.66.299
> >
> > /etc/hosts is not examined for DNS lookups. You'll have to set up
> > a fake relays.ordb.org zone in named if you want to test it on your
> > own IP.
>
> Dan, your advice seems to contradict the ordb.org website which reads;
>
> --------
> How do I test if my mailserver is actually using ORDB.org?
>
> On Unix based systems:
>
> Become the root user:
>
> $ su - Edit /etc/hosts in your favourite editor: # vim /etc/hosts
> Add the following line, substituting for your your local systems
> inverted IP address:
>
> 127.0.0.2 <my reversed IP address>.relays.ordb.org
Hm. I have just never seen sendmail open /etc/hosts on my system.
After ktracing it I see that it does.
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