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- From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum)
- Subject: Re: Is the 4.2a sendmail DNS-cognisant?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.204338.2718@decuac.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Washington ULTRIX Resource Center
- References: <1992Aug17.203445.15952@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:43:38 GMT
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- >I just switched from a Sun to a DECStation 5000/200, and I'm having some
- >problems with my mailer which *may* be due to the sendmail not handling
- >domain-type mail, ie mail to hosts with MX records. Sun provides two
- >versions of sendmail, one that deals with MX records and one that doesn't.
- >Does the Ultrix version deal with MX records right, and if not, can someone
- >tell me where I can get sources to one that does?
-
- We use a different mechanism for configuring DNS/BIND or host
- tables. Take a look at /etc/svc.conf and /etc/resolv.conf, and read
- the manuals about "bindsetup". The sendmail we ship is definitely
- MX-aware out of the box. The sendmail.cf file we ship is not quite as
- nice as it could be for internet users - I recommend you take a look
- at the ones on decuac.dec.com: pub/sendmail-cf
-
- If you're into rolling your own, there are sources for a plenty
- fine version of sendmail on gatekeeper.dec.com, in pub/DEC, under the
- name kj-sendmail.
-
- mjr.
-