Vincent Danen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, MiGhi wrote:
>
>> I tried and tried to install QMAIL 1.03 on Mandrake7.0 with NO SUCCESS!
>> Something seems to work wrong on Mandrake, and qmail gives CNAME LOOKUP
>> FAILURE.
>
> I'm using Qmail under Mandrake right now, and have installed it a few
> times, both via RPM and by compiling it right from the tarballs.
>
>> I tried to reinstall the OS + qmail 5 times!
>> The log said CNAME LOOKUP FAILURE every time!
>>
>> I tried to apply the DNS patch
>> The log said CNAME LOOKUP FAILURE every time!
>>
>> I tried to change the router configuration:
>> The log said CNAME LOOKUP FAILURE every time!
>>
>> I installed latest bind:
>> The log said CNAME LOOKUP FAILURE every time!
>>
>> I installed RedHat:
>> everything is working fine.
>>
>>
>> Has someone got an idea about this?
>> Has someone got the same problem?
>
I am very interested of your mail.
In fact, I installed RedHat + qmail on a service machine.
I love Mandrake (I have been using mandrake since Venice release), and I'd
prefer to continue using it... but I love Qmail too ;)
so:
> I did have something similar.
OK
> Does qmail start for you? Can it resolve
> the MX for your domain?
sure.
Qmail works 100% but can't deliver mail to remote hosts: CNAME LOOKUP UP
FAILURE.
qmail receive mails at 100% and deliver them to local users (also at virtual
domains).
It can't deliver to remote hosts
> The problem I had was in the
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail-pop3d.init file with the programs called in the
> HOST variable (specifically dnsfq).
> I changed those calls to specify the
> domain name on my system and then it started working. Why it didn't work
> before, I don't know, but after I made that change it did work.
> If you install from tarballs,
this is my installation
> you use the qmail script (not any
> qmail-*.init files which come from the tcpserver-initscripts package, I
> believe), and I don't even think dnsfq is installed (at any rate, it's not
> on my system), and things work fine.
Yes.
I follow Life with qmail for the installation.
I repeat: Qmail works 100% but can't deliver mails to remote hosts.
I couldn't explain this fact.
regards,
Miguel
