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Secondary MX server not working...is it Vpopmail?

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Linux_303

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Feb 18, 2002, 3:55:04 AM2/18/02
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Hello All,

I am running Qmail+Vpopmail.
On the box with the MX record of 30, I have domain.com in the
/var/qmail/control/rcpthosts file.

For testing purposes, I took the box with the MX record of 10 down.
When I did this, I expected the MX of 30 to spool the mail. Instead,
it bounces, and I get this:


Hi. This is the qmail-send program at secondary.domain.net.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following
addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.

<postm...@domain.com>:
Sorry. Although I'm listed as a best-preference MX or A for that host,
it isn't in my control/locals file, so I don't treat it as local.
(#5.4.6)


I obviously dont want to add this domain to my local file. Does
anyone have some input on this?

Thank you in advance,

Sistem

AK

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Feb 19, 2002, 1:37:31 AM2/19/02
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There are different ways to implement secondary MX servers.
Do you have the domain.com:IP address of primary server in smtproutes?

For the setup you have described, you might need some patching for
qmail.
ie.ETRN/serialmail or similar type setup.

My use of qmail is in setting it up to process the incoming emails as
local delivery.

AK

Linux_303

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Feb 19, 2002, 6:31:47 AM2/19/02
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AK <arn...@theoffice.net> wrote in message news:<3C71F283...@theoffice.net>...

> There are different ways to implement secondary MX servers.
> Do you have the domain.com:IP address of primary server in smtproutes?
>
> For the setup you have described, you might need some patching for
> qmail.
> ie.ETRN/serialmail or similar type setup.
>
> My use of qmail is in setting it up to process the incoming emails as
> local delivery.
>
> AK


Got it to work!

You were right, I added my primary mail server in the smtproutes file
on the secondary machine. After I did this, it began to spool the
mail properly.

Thank you!

Sistem

Dave Sill

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Feb 18, 2002, 2:46:29 PM2/18/02
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linu...@yahoo.com (Linux_303) writes:

> I am running Qmail+Vpopmail.
> On the box with the MX record of 30, I have domain.com in the
> /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts file.

Really? "domain.com"? Or some domain that's too secret to disclose?

> For testing purposes, I took the box with the MX record of 10 down.
> When I did this, I expected the MX of 30 to spool the mail. Instead,
> it bounces, and I get this:

The only MX I see for domain.com is mail.domain.com, preference 10.

> <postm...@domain.com>:
> Sorry. Although I'm listed as a best-preference MX or A for that host,
> it isn't in my control/locals file, so I don't treat it as local.
> (#5.4.6)

This means there are no higher-preference MX records for domain.com to
which the system can send this message.

--
Dave Sill Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support
Author, The qmail Handbook <http://web.infoave.net/~dsill>
<http://www.lifewithqmail.org/>: Almost everything you always wanted to know.

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