host name mismatch

[David E. Filip]

I am having a problem with sendmail 8.8.5, where it reports:

host name/name mismatch: host1.com != host2.com

where one name references a DNS 'A' entry, and the other name references
a 'CNAME' for the same entry. I believe what is hap[pening is that the
remote sendmail is reporting itself as the CNAME entry, and my sendmail
is doing a reverse name lookup and finding the A entry, and even though
both refer to the same IP address, my sendmail thinks that they are
different.

Any suggestions on how I fix this problem?

Thanks,

Dave.

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[si...@msh.xs4all.nl]

In article <66ig84$4j8$1...@maceo.dti.net>,

David E. Filip <dfi...@colornet.com> wrote:

>I am having a problem with sendmail 8.8.5, where it reports:
>
> host name/name mismatch: host1.com != host2.com
>
>where one name references a DNS 'A' entry, and the other name references
>a 'CNAME' for the same entry. I believe what is hap[pening is that the
>remote sendmail is reporting itself as the CNAME entry, and my sendmail
>is doing a reverse name lookup and finding the A entry, and even though
>both refer to the same IP address, my sendmail thinks that they are
>different.
>
>Any suggestions on how I fix this problem?

Yes, have the remote site report its canonical name.

>Thanks,
>
>Dave.

CU, Sico.

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