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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hamblin.math.byu.edu!arizona.edu!mvb.saic.com!mx-list
  2. Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
  3. Subject: Name resolution
  4. Message-ID: <009664CC.DF539060.2842@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  5. From: David Candlin <david@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  6. Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 11:02:38 GMT
  7. Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
  8. X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List
  9. Lines: 118
  10.  
  11.                                                      Edinburgh,  8-JAN-1993
  12.  
  13.     I'm a newcomer,  and have just  installed MX 3.1c  over CMUIP 6.6. Name
  14. completion for outgoing smtp isn't working; what am I doing wrong?
  15.  
  16. The NAMRES$CONFIG file is:
  17. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  18. ;
  19. ; NAMRES.CONFIG
  20. ;
  21. ; Description:
  22. ;
  23. ;       Define domain server context of system
  24. ;
  25. ; Syntax:
  26. ;
  27. ;       DOMAIN_SERVER:domain:servername:address:port
  28. ;
  29. Domain_Server:.:DIRECTORY:129.215.128.1:53
  30. Domain_Server:.:cancer.eucs:129.215.200.7:53
  31. Domain_Server:.:xlab-0:129.215.168.33:53
  32. ;nameserver 129.215.128.1
  33. ;nameserver 129.215.168.33
  34. ;nameserver 129.215.200.22
  35. ;nameserver 129.215.200.7
  36. ;nameserver 129.215.160.140
  37. ;
  38. ; Define parital name resolvers
  39. ; DOMAIN_Resolver:Servername:address:port
  40. ;
  41. ;
  42. ; Define suffix table for local domain.
  43. ; Suffix table not used if Domain_Resolver present.
  44. ; Syntax:   Domain_Suffix:suffix-string
  45. ;
  46. Domain_Suffix:ph.ed.ac.uk.
  47. Domain_Suffix:ed.ac.uk.
  48. Domain_Suffix:ac.uk.
  49. Domain_Suffix:uk.
  50. Domain_Suffix:.
  51. ;
  52. ; Initialize Logging state.  Use 0 unless debugging
  53. ;
  54. Logging:0
  55. ;
  56. ; Set server debug.  Nonzero means debugging.
  57. ;
  58. Variable:DEBUG:0
  59. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  60.  
  61. If I sit on v2.ph.ed.ac.uk and send to MX%"djc@th", it fails:
  62.  
  63. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  64.  
  65. From:   MX%"Postmaster@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk"  7-JAN-1993 23:50:45.41
  66. To:     DAVID
  67. CC:
  68. Subj:   SMTP delivery error
  69.  
  70. Return-Path: <>
  71. Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 23:50:35 EST
  72. From: SMTP delivery agent <Postmaster@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  73. To: <david@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  74. Subject: SMTP delivery error
  75.  
  76. Note: this message was generated automatically.
  77.  
  78. A problem occurred during SMTP delivery of your message.
  79.  
  80. Error occurred sending to the following user(s):
  81.   <djc@th> (via th):
  82.     %MX-F-RETRYEXCD, retry count exceeded
  83.     -MX-F-NOHOST, no such host
  84. ========================================================================
  85.  
  86. Message follows.
  87.  
  88. Received: by v2.ph.ed.ac.uk (MX V3.1C) id 2834; Thu, 07 Jan 1993 17:48:58 EST
  89. Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 17:48:52 GMT
  90. From: David Candlin <david@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  91. To: djc@th
  92. Message-ID: <0096643C.747A8400.2834@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  93. Subject: test
  94.  
  95. test
  96. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  97.  
  98. However, if I ask the DNS (via IPNCP) about th, it's OK:
  99.  
  100. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  101.  
  102. edphv4$ ipncp
  103. IPNCP> rr th/mx
  104.    # of RRs = [00000005]
  105.   MX: Pref = [0000000A] Name = [aida.ph.ed.ac.uk]
  106.   MX: Pref = [0000000D] Name = [castle.ed.ac.uk]
  107.   MX: Pref = [0000000E] Name = [festival.ed.ac.uk]
  108.   MX: Pref = [00000014] Name = [nsfnet-relay.ac.uk]
  109.   MX: Pref = [0000001E] Name = [sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk]
  110.  
  111. IPNCP> rr th.ph.ed.ac.uk/mx
  112.    # of RRs = [00000005]
  113.   MX: Pref = [0000000A] Name = [aida.ph.ed.ac.uk]
  114.   MX: Pref = [0000000D] Name = [castle.ed.ac.uk]
  115.   MX: Pref = [0000000E] Name = [festival.ed.ac.uk]
  116.   MX: Pref = [00000014] Name = [nsfnet-relay.ac.uk]
  117.   MX: Pref = [0000001E] Name = [sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk]
  118.  
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  120.  
  121. Finally, if I  send to   MX%"djc@th.ph.ed.ac.uk" it  succeeds; so it's name
  122. completion in  MXLOOK, I suppose,  which is failing. I  tried a few things,
  123. without  success. The doc  says it's  supposed to use the  built-in NAMRES,
  124. which seems to work OK for IPNCP.
  125.  
  126. Help, please!!
  127.  
  128.                                    David Candlin
  129.