On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Andreas Fatum wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we have a strange problem with our Exim-Installation (1.73):
> Whenever an external mail (i.e. from Intranet -> Internet) is
> to be sent, an nslookup/bind is done. (Correct so far). But when
> there is no result (probably typo in hostname), Exim adds .mylocaldomain.de
> to the original domain, then tries a local delivery and then fails :-(
You have a wildcard MX setup for your domain. Wildcard MXes cause all
types of trouble for MTAs. In fact wildcard records may be depriciated
out of BIND someday.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas
>
>
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