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From: ecf_hap@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Andrew Poling)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: Why is my MX sendmail broken?
Summary: Ultrix specific stuff
Keywords: /etc/svcorder
Message-ID: <1289@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 31 Mar 89 00:02:29 GMT
Expires: 29 Apr 89 23:00:00 GMT
References: <86@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
Reply-To: ecf_hap@jhunix.UUCP (Andrew Poling)
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In article <86@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) writes:
[...]
>I am using an Ultrix 3.0 machine as a gateway, and I rebooted it
>recently. The sendmail file I am using bears little relation
>to the configuration file supplied by DEC.
>
>Anyhow, it seems that MX records aren't being used.
>nslookup shows the proper mail forwarder, but mail keeps being
>queued up on the gateway, with connection refused (for ecample).
>
[...]
>Do I have to do something special in my sendmail.cf file
>to use the MX records? When I start it up?
>
>nslookup works. Anyone have any clues?

This is an Ultrix-specific answer, but I figure there are probably alot of
people with Ultrix out there so here goes.


It's possible that your /etc/svcorder file needs "reconfiguring".  It
determines the behavior of gethostbyname et al.  If you want to use the
resolver routines, you need "bind" to be the first entry in the file.  The
other entry would be "local" for /etc/hosts lookup.  I'm ignoring, of
course, the Yellow Pages entry becausse I don't believe in Yellow Pages
(actually I eradicated that entry so I don't know what it was anymore).


Luck,

Andy

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