sendmail hostlookup?

Zac2003 · 05-14-2003, 12:31 PM

Code:

May 13 09:05:40 atrivo sendmail[31695]: h4DG55I31674: to=zac@zac-holley.net, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:35, xdelay=00:00:18, mailer=esmtp, pri=30052, relay=zac-holley.net., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Name server: zac-holley.net.: host name lookup failure
May 13 09:05:42 atrivo sendmail[31678]: h4DG56t31678: from=root, size=52, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200305131605.h4DG56t31678@atrivo.wofut.com>, relay=root@localhost
May 13 09:05:53 atrivo sendmail[31700]: h4DG56t31678: to=zac@zac-holley.net, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:47, xdelay=00:00:11, mailer=esmtp, pri=30052, relay=zac-holley.net., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Name server: zac-holley.net.: host name lookup failure

bash-2.05a# host zac-holley.net
zac-holley.net has address 66.227.26.1
bash-2.05a#

why is'nt it letting me email? somtimes it does somtimes it does'nt

my dns mx record is as follows

Code:

$TTL 5m
@ IN SOA 64.237.40.10. 64.237.40.20. (
        2003042706; serial
 1h     ; refresh (1h)
 30m    ; retry (30M)
 1w     ; expiry (1W)
 30m    ; minimum (16H)
)

                        NS      64.237.40.10.
                        NS      64.237.40.20.
                        MX 10   zac-holley.net.

                        IN A    66.227.26.1
zac-holley.net.         IN A    66.227.26.1
mail.zac-holley.net.         IN A    66.227.26.1
webmail.zac-holley.net.         IN A    66.227.26.1
www.zac-holley.net.     IN CNAME        zac-holley.net.
mail.zac-holley.net.    IN MX 10        zac-holley.net.

Zac2003 · 05-14-2003, 02:48 PM

wierd very wierd somtimes mail is being sent somtimes its not any ideas at all?

nuzzy · 05-14-2003, 03:02 PM

Do you have your /etc/hosts file set correctly? Did you add that dns entry along with the IP:

zac-holley.net 66.227.26.1

Plus, that IP ends with a 1 (x.x.x.1). That's "usually" reserved for servers that the ISP owns...unless of course you're the ISP

At least what I've seen anyways...

Zac2003 · 05-14-2003, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by nuzzy
Do you have your /etc/hosts file set correctly? Did you add that dns entry along with the IP:

zac-holley.net 66.227.26.1

Plus, that IP ends with a 1 (x.x.x.1). That's "usually" reserved for servers that the ISP owns...unless of course you're the ISP At least what I've seen anyways...

yes thats my ip, its for my server.

Code:

May 13 13:04:59 atrivo sendmail[4851]: h4DK4Wk04848: to=zac@zac-holley.net, ctladdr=zac (504/504), delay=00:00:27, xdelay=00:00:20, mailer=esmtp, pri=30049, relay=zac-holley.net., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Name server: zac-holley.net.: host name lookup failure
May 13 13:33:55 atrivo sendmail[5748]: h4DK4Wk04848: to=zac@zac-holley.net, ctladdr=zac (504/504), delay=00:29:23, xdelay=00:01:16, mailer=esmtp, pri=120049, relay=zac-holley.net. [66.227.26.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (ok 1052953025 qp 7295)

see the email usually end up sending but after it fails and like 30 minutes later.

any idea how to fix this?

argh

nuzzy · 05-16-2003, 09:49 AM

hmm...could possibly be a reverse lookup problem