sendmail Transient parse error

[Samuel Martinez]

I'm using sendmail 8.11.6
I have two domains on it
I'm having this problem on some domains and get this message:

reduno.com.mx: Name server timeout
... Transient parse error -- message queued for future delivery

I don't know what to do!!!!
some one plz help me!!!!!!!

[Craig Rants]

What if you look up the MX records for reduno.com, can you get those? If so, try sending the email to the ip address, i.e.

sendmail user@[0.0.0.0] < /tmp/file ..........

What happens then? I would suspect that since your message said your nameservers timed out either you can not resolve the mailer for that domain, or their is some network/dns problem that does not provide you with information outside what is on your hosts file....

More info would be helpful, why don't you post a verbose output from a sendmail attempt.

GL,
C

[Samuel Martinez]

Craig Rants:
I don't have access to that information.
Do you know if there is any way to check on which network is the problem that you mentioned?

[Craig Rants]

Look for a website called Woodys Online Network Tools, then go to the online dig link, first look for DNS records for reduno.com, then query the returned nameserver for a mx record for that domain. I would do it for you if I could, but I am at a remote site right now and hp.com is one of the few sites let out from the proxy server.

Let me know,
Craig

[Samuel Martinez]

Graig
I send an e-mail wit the IP after de "@" and it works!!!
user@192.100.183.178
to the domain user@reduno.com.mx

So... Who's problem is it?
is there something I can do to fix it?

[Samuel Martinez]

Craig:
I'm sorry...
but it doesn't work
I just have my email back:

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----

(reason: 550 Host unknown)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 5.1.2 ... Host unknown (Name server: 192.100.183.178: host not found)

[Samuel Martinez]

My domains are:
dinamotos.com
and
etesa.com.mx

is there any way to check any problem from outside?

[Samuel Martinez]

I can resolve the domain:
but my email's can't

dig reduno.com.mx

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> reduno.com.mx
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 21854
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;reduno.com.mx. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
reduno.com.mx. 56 IN A 192.100.183.178

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
reduno.com.mx. 84054 IN NS dns.reduno.com.mx.

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 10.2.1.2#53(10.2.1.2)
;; WHEN: Thu Jun 27 12:37:07 2002
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 65

[Craig Rants]

If I read your posts correctly, you are using a private network and you can't sendmail to a public network, the issue is complicated now. What does your /etc/resolv.conf file and /etc/nsswitch.conf file look like? Can you sendmail to other public networks, or is this the only one? I'll try to monitor this post as much as I can today, don't have a whole lot of keyboard time today,


C

[Samuel Martinez]

C.
Yes, I'm using a private network, but the funny think is that it is the only server who rejects my e-mails until now.
some one told me that it's because this server is under solaris, but I'm not shure if that's the problem.

/etc/resolve.conf
nameserver 10.2.1.2
nameserver 198.100.183.178
nameserver 10.2.1.10

/etc/nsswitch.conf

passwd: files nisplus
shadow: files nisplus
group: files nisplus
hosts: files nisplus dns
ethers: files
netmasks: files
networks: files
protocols: files nisplus
rpc: files
services: files nisplus

netgroup: files nisplus

publickey: nisplus

automount: files nisplus
aliases: files nisplus


Those this information helps you to help me???

[dopril]

Hi there.
I had same problem with you, but its now solve with these solutions:

Try to edit your file: /etc/nsswitch.conf
(before that make a backup of your file).

Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf, edit/add these statements:

protocols: nis [NOTFOUND=return UNAVAIL=continue] files

hosts: files

after that stop your sendmail server, restart it again.
and try.

hope this work
regards
-yudo-