/etc/resolv.conf and sendmail

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 14.07.2004 schrieb Philippe um 13:13:

> > mailq -v
> =======================================================================
> [root at P4 root]# mailq -v
>                 /var/spool/mqueue (1 request)
> -----Q-ID----- --Size-- -Priority- ---Q-Time---
> --------Sender/Recipient--------i6EB0ihR002857      150     210483 Jul
> 14 18:00 <phd2 at fcomfrench.com>
>                  (host map: lookup (fcomfrench.com): deferred)
>                                                 <phd2 at fcomfrench.com>
>                 Total requests: 1
> =======================================================================
> 
> [root at P4 root]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
> search AAA
> nameserver 203.146.237.237
> nameserver 203.146.237.222
> =======================================================================
> [root at P4 root]# cat /etc/hosts
> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> 192.168.0.1     P4.AAA  P4
> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
> =======================================================================

Philippe,

the error or at least the reason for queuing is plainly obvious there!
Why didn't you earlier post the output of "mailq -v", because exactly
that shows what's the reason. Until now I thought the queue would not
contain any useful information.

The reason for queuing is that fcomfrench.com can not be resolved!

>> host map: lookup (fcomfrench.com): deferred) <<

Your DNS setup is broken in some kind. From "host -a fcomfrench.com" I
see an A record with a very short TTL. Do you very freqently update that
record with the actual IP? I think you better switch to use your ISP's
SMTP server as your smart host.

Alexander


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