Re: MX mix up

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From: Christopher Davis
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:30

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DK> == Doug Kline <kline@head-cfa.harvard.edu>

 DK> We have been experiencing difficulties with MX records.  

 DK> In the case of a couple of nodes for which MX records have been
 DK> installed if sendmail is not running on those nodes, the e-mail
 DK> addressed to them is sent to the other node to which it should be sent
 DK> but, instead of staying there or being forwarded to some third node,
 DK> it is held in defered status on that node, addressed to the node to
 DK> which it was originally addressed and not deliverable.

The lowest preference MX is responsible for making "final" delivery.  If
(as it seems here) it should deliver the mail locally, the MX host's
sendmail needs to be configured to treat mail for its MX clients as local
mail.  (Other cases might include UUCP queueing, FAXing, or carrier pigeon
delivery.)

In the case of IDA sendmail, you may want to declare either PSEUDONYMS or
ALTERNATENAMES, or declare the use of the LOCAL mailer in mailertable.
--
 * Christopher Davis * <ckd@eff.org> * <ckd@kei.com> * [CKD1] * MIME * RIPEM *

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Subject: Re: MX mix up
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