sendmail as a secondary MX

Janet Sullivan ciscogeek at bgp4.net
Fri Feb 25 02:21:31 PST 2005


OK, I'm confused.  I'm using the exact same configuration for sendmail 
on DF 1.1-CURRENT that I had on FreeBSD 4.11, but I'm seeing very 
different results.

For my domain bgp4.net, I have nj.bgp4.net set as MX 10 (the primary) 
and tx.bgp4.net set as MX 20 (the secondary).

On tx.bgp4.net I am using the stock .mc file, with the addition of some 
DNSBLs.  I have bgp4.net defined in /etc/mail/relay-domains.  I do not 
have a /etc/mail/local-host-names.

On FreeBSD 4.11, a mail sent to ciscogeek at xxxxxxxx sent through 
tx.bgp4.net relayed over to nj.bgp4.net, just like I wanted.  With DF 
1.1, tx.bgp4.net accepts the mail locally, and never relays it over to 
nj.bgp4.net.

All the config files are the same as they were on FreeBSD 4.11.  I did a 
make install clean in /etc/mail to remake the .cf file just for the heck 
of it.  No go.

I'm far from a sendmail expert, so any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks,

Janet






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