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- From: tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
- Subject: Re: sendmail+IDA host hiding question
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 18:16:02 -0500
- Organization: Mentor Graphics -- IC Group
- Lines: 44
- Message-ID: <1eeiriINN2d4@milk.Warren.MENTORG.COM>
- References: <1ea29rINN7ll@plts.uucp> <1992Nov17.135459.17270@mp.cs.niu.edu>
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- A number of people sent me answers but nobody has a quick and easy
- solution like Neil. Thanks to all that wrote to me!
-
- In <1992Nov17.135459.17270@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
-
- >I recommend that you add a MAILERTABLE to your setup, and insert in that
- >table the single entry:
-
- > value key
-
- >LOCAL!localhost .my.do.main
-
- >This will cause any mail for 'anyhost.my.do.main' to be delivered by
- >the local mailer. There are other ways to do this which don't require
- >a MAILERTABLE, but in practice the mailertable approach is the simplest >to use.
-
- That was the exact info I was looking for! Thanks! I'm implementing
- this tonight!
-
- >>At first I thought that sendmail was ignoring the MX records. Then I
- >>realized that what's happening is even worse than ignoring them.
- >>
- >>The MX record isn't saying "deliver to mailhub", it is saying, "mailhub
- >>knows how to get the message to node1". So, sendmail figures, "yes I
- >>do know how to get to node1, I send it via TCP!" and doing just that.
-
- >I don't see this as "worse than ignoring" the MX. It just happens to
- >be inappropriate for your application. As you surmise, the MX record
-
- That's what I meant. It was a 'centric statement. :-)
-
- >>Who ever explains this to me gets a free lock of hair. I've been
- >>pulling so much out of my head over this I have tons to give away!
-
- >Thanks, but no thanks.
-
- Well, I'll buy you a drink at the next Usenix, ok?
-
- Thanks again!
- Tom
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