a question

[gefei_1]

When I use 'sendmail -v user@foo.com' to test if sendmail.cf configured correctly, I will be told 'Deferred: Name Server::host name lookup fail'. I have added the NT exchange server name following DS, and I can nslookup/ping the NT exchange server name. How can I solve the problem? Please give help. Thanks.

[Steve Steel]

Hi


try

http://bizforums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x4e30a22831ebd5118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html



Steve Steel

[Ron Kinner]

sendmail uses different records from the standard nslookup. Try:

nslookup
set type=mx
foo.com
(exit to get out of it)

See if that works.

Ron

[Jeff Schussele]

As Ron mentioned the relay server MUST have an MX record in DNS.
It must also have reverse lookup set. Ensure this by doing an nslookup on it's IP.

Rgds,
Jeff

[gefei_1]

I was confused that the sendmail.cf file was similar to other several servers except that the version of sendmail.cf file is different. I can sendmail from other servers but I can't sendmail from this questionable server.Does it have relation to version consideration?