Re: SMAIL/smarthost/BIND error

1997-06-17 Thread Heiko Schlittermann
On Jun 17, Hubert Palme wrote : Heiko Schlittermann: : > Reads as an DNS problem. Try to turn on more debugging in smail : > (-v1000 or somewhat similar, see the manpage ...). This way you should : > be able to find what actually is the BIND failure. No MX (but that : > should'nt hurd), no

Re: SMAIL/smarthost/BIND error

1997-06-16 Thread Hubert Palme
Heiko Schlittermann: > Reads as an DNS problem. Try to turn on more debugging in smail > (-v1000 or somewhat similar, see the manpage ...). This way you should > be able to find what actually is the BIND failure. No MX (but that > should'nt hurd), no response ... How is smail run? I neit

Re: SMAIL/smarthost/BIND error

1997-06-14 Thread gvl
causing it. On 13 Jun 97, debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote regarding:__ Re: SMAIL/smarthost/BIND error __ > Just something to try... > > post.metrolink.net does not have a dns MX record. I don't think smail > should give you an error if your smarthost doesn't have an M

Re: SMAIL/smarthost/BIND error

1997-06-14 Thread Heiko Schlittermann
On Jun 13, Robert D. Hilliard wrote : I posted this on June 10, but have not had any response, so I'm : trying again. My ISP says "we do not offer support for linux mail". : I hope someone can give me a clue. I'm getting tired of going into ... probably the wrong ISP. (But not the help

Re: SMAIL/smarthost/BIND error

1997-06-14 Thread Al Youngwerth
Just something to try... post.metrolink.net does not have a dns MX record. I don't think smail should give you an error if your smarthost doesn't have an MX record but it might. Try changing you smarthost to metrolink.net (it resolves to post.metrolink.net) and see if it helps. I assume your name

SMAIL/smarthost/BIND error

1997-06-14 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
I posted this on June 10, but have not had any response, so I'm trying again. My ISP says "we do not offer support for linux mail". I hope someone can give me a clue. I'm getting tired of going into Windoze to send mail. I am running debian 1.2.4, and use smail ver 3.2-3. I have con

SMAIL/smarthost

1997-06-10 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
I am running debian 1.2.4, and use smail ver 3.2-3. I have configured it to use my ISP as a smart host. /etc/smail/routers includes the following: smart_host: driver=smarthost, transport=smtp; path=post.metrolink.net This has worked fine for many months until May 31. S