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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!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: <009664FB.4720CFE0.2857@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  5. From: David Candlin <david@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  6. Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 16:34:49 GMT
  7. Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
  8. X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List
  9. Lines: 122
  10.  
  11.  
  12.                                                      Edinburgh,  8-JAN-1993
  13.  
  14.     I'm a newcomer,  and have just  installed MX 3.1c  over CMUIP 6.6. Name
  15. completion for outgoing smtp isn't working; what am I doing wrong?
  16.  
  17. The NAMRES$CONFIG file is:
  18. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  19. ;
  20. ; NAMRES.CONFIG
  21. ;
  22. ; Description:
  23. ;
  24. ;       Define domain server context of system
  25. ;
  26. ; Syntax:
  27. ;
  28. ;       DOMAIN_SERVER:domain:servername:address:port
  29. ;
  30. Domain_Server:.:DIRECTORY:129.215.128.1:53
  31. Domain_Server:.:cancer.eucs:129.215.200.7:53
  32. Domain_Server:.:xlab-0:129.215.168.33:53
  33. ;nameserver 129.215.128.1
  34. ;nameserver 129.215.168.33
  35. ;nameserver 129.215.200.22
  36. ;nameserver 129.215.200.7
  37. ;nameserver 129.215.160.140
  38. ;
  39. ; Define parital name resolvers
  40. ; DOMAIN_Resolver:Servername:address:port
  41. ;
  42. ;
  43. ; Define suffix table for local domain.
  44. ; Suffix table not used if Domain_Resolver present.
  45. ; Syntax:   Domain_Suffix:suffix-string
  46. ;
  47. Domain_Suffix:ph.ed.ac.uk.
  48. Domain_Suffix:ed.ac.uk.
  49. Domain_Suffix:ac.uk.
  50. Domain_Suffix:uk.
  51. Domain_Suffix:.
  52. ;
  53. ; Initialize Logging state.  Use 0 unless debugging
  54. ;
  55. Logging:0
  56. ;
  57. ; Set server debug.  Nonzero means debugging.
  58. ;
  59. Variable:DEBUG:0
  60. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  61.  
  62. If I sit on v2.ph.ed.ac.uk and send to MX%"djc@th", it fails:
  63.  
  64. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  65.  
  66. From:   MX%"Postmaster@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk"  7-JAN-1993 23:50:45.41
  67. To:     DAVID
  68. CC:
  69. Subj:   SMTP delivery error
  70.  
  71. Return-Path: <>
  72. Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 23:50:35 EST
  73. From: SMTP delivery agent <Postmaster@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  74. To: <david@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  75. Subject: SMTP delivery error
  76.  
  77. Note: this message was generated automatically.
  78.  
  79. A problem occurred during SMTP delivery of your message.
  80.  
  81. Error occurred sending to the following user(s):
  82.   <djc@th> (via th):
  83.     %MX-F-RETRYEXCD, retry count exceeded
  84.     -MX-F-NOHOST, no such host
  85. ========================================================================
  86.  
  87. Message follows.
  88.  
  89. Received: by v2.ph.ed.ac.uk (MX V3.1C) id 2834; Thu, 07 Jan 1993 17:48:58 EST
  90. Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 17:48:52 GMT
  91. From: David Candlin <david@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  92. To: djc@th
  93. Message-ID: <0096643C.747A8400.2834@v2.ph.ed.ac.uk>
  94. Subject: test
  95.  
  96. test
  97. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  98.  
  99. However, if I ask the DNS (via IPNCP) about th, it's OK:
  100.  
  101. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  102.  
  103. edphv4$ ipncp
  104. IPNCP> rr th/mx
  105.    # of RRs = [00000005]
  106.   MX: Pref = [0000000A] Name = [aida.ph.ed.ac.uk]
  107.   MX: Pref = [0000000D] Name = [castle.ed.ac.uk]
  108.   MX: Pref = [0000000E] Name = [festival.ed.ac.uk]
  109.   MX: Pref = [00000014] Name = [nsfnet-relay.ac.uk]
  110.   MX: Pref = [0000001E] Name = [sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk]
  111.  
  112. IPNCP> rr th.ph.ed.ac.uk/mx
  113.    # of RRs = [00000005]
  114.   MX: Pref = [0000000A] Name = [aida.ph.ed.ac.uk]
  115.   MX: Pref = [0000000D] Name = [castle.ed.ac.uk]
  116.   MX: Pref = [0000000E] Name = [festival.ed.ac.uk]
  117.   MX: Pref = [00000014] Name = [nsfnet-relay.ac.uk]
  118.   MX: Pref = [0000001E] Name = [sun2.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk]
  119.  
  120. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  121.  
  122. Finally, if I  send to   MX%"djc@th.ph.ed.ac.uk" it  succeeds; so it's name
  123. completion in  MXLOOK, I suppose,  which is failing. I  tried a few things,
  124. without  success. The doc  says it's  supposed to use the  built-in NAMRES,
  125. which seems to work OK for IPNCP.
  126.  
  127. Help, please!!
  128.  
  129.                                    David Candlin
  130.  
  131. [Apologies if you  already had this....my  subscription may or may not have
  132. been in order, the first time]
  133.