> It works wonderfully as long as I am sending mail locally or to the
> departmet mail machine. I have fallback hosts set and this is the only way
> I can get mail to the rest of the world. All other hosts give a message like:
> 1997-11-22 15:23:50 0xZHPN-0000Im-00 list.theplanet.net [194.152.64.143]: No
> route to host
> and then similar messages trying other names for the same MX record.
i.e. you don't have routing access outside the department.
> Have I got something set up incorrectly?
Yes -- sounds like you should be using the departmental MTA to route all email.
> Should I be getting these sorts of messages?
If you misconfigure your mailer, yes.
Have you discussed it with your local postmaster ?
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