not a domain literal

[Jean-Pierre Radley]

I check an address:

# smail -bv -v2 ipsonline.com!srb
scanning /u/bin/uuname output ...done
bind_addr(ipsonline.com) called from router inet_hosts.
bindlib: MX lookup for ipsonline.com
add_mx_hint: non-implicit MX 10 hint for 209.123.94.195.
router inet_addrs: gethostbyaddr_lookup not a domain literal ipsonline.com.
ipsonline.com!srb ... not deliverable: unknown host

I check out the destination :

# host ipsonline.com.
ipsonline.com has address 209.52.182.123
ipsonline.com mail is handled (pri=10) by 209.123.94.195

What's the problem?

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[craig harmer]

On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 06:48:42PM -0500 Jean-Pierre Radley (j...@jpr.com) wrote:
} Subject: not a domain literal

} I check an address:
}
} # smail -bv -v2 ipsonline.com!srb
} scanning /u/bin/uuname output ...done
} bind_addr(ipsonline.com) called from router inet_hosts.
} bindlib: MX lookup for ipsonline.com
} add_mx_hint: non-implicit MX 10 hint for 209.123.94.195.
} router inet_addrs: gethostbyaddr_lookup not a domain literal ipsonline.com.
} ipsonline.com!srb ... not deliverable: unknown host
}
} I check out the destination :
}
} # host ipsonline.com.
} ipsonline.com has address 209.52.182.123
} ipsonline.com mail is handled (pri=10) by 209.123.94.195
}
} What's the problem?

hmmm. you mail exchanger doesn't have a name, and smail seems to
expect one. i don't know if that constitutes s a bug in smail or not,
but your DNS configuration is certainly unusual.

the named documentation seems to imply that your MX record must
have a name, and not just an IP address.

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} Jean-Pierre Radley <j...@jpr.com> XC/XT Custodian Sysop, CompuServe SCOForum

cheers,

craig.

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