On Wed, 26 May 2004 12:18:36 -0500, Darryl Hoar wrote:
> I have djbdns installed and working.  I have been using DNS
> on my LAN and having it resolve the names for my local machines.
> It forwards any unresolved to my ISP's dns server.

Detail your setup further.

> Recently, I have installed qmail on my LAN for internal email.
> I used the ./add-mx to add a mx record for my machine which
> is running qmail.
> 
> the mx record in the data file looks like:
> @osborneindustries.com:192.168.1.89:a::86400
> 
> If I send test mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], it gets forwarded to
> my ISP's email server.  If I send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (name of my qmail server), it gets delivered just fine.
> 
> How do I get my mx record setup so that [EMAIL PROTECTED] gets
> delivered to mail.osborneindustries.com ?

qmail is going to the root servers to look for you mx, and thus finds your
isp's. You have to use a split-horizon setup for that.

 
> here are a couple of tests that I ran:
[...]

please run from inside your lan

dnsqr mx osborneindustries.com

qvb
-- 
pica


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