Re: Sendmail error: Domain must exist

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From: Paul Black
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:00

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Barry Margolin <barmar@bbnplanet.com> wrote:
> Don't use an "any" query, since that just shows you what happens to be in
> your server's cache. 

That's kind of what I was trying to show. It appears that if a hostname
is being looked up then all is well. If it's a domain with MX records
then sendmail appears to only accept the mail if the MX records are
already in the local name server.

Paul

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From: Paul Black <paul@waffle.blah.nu>
Subject: Re: Sendmail error: Domain must exist
Date: 1998/07/15
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