Re: [Exim] lowest numbered MX record points to local host

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Author: Marc MERLIN
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] lowest numbered MX record points to local host
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 02:50:05PM +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Marc MERLIN wrote:
>
> > god.com -> mail.god.com -> 127.0.0.1
> >
> > No, god.com is not a local domain for me :-)
> >
> > The message gets frozen, and of course I'd rather have it bounce instead.
>
> You did remember to HUP the daemon, didn't you?


Yep :-)
(actually, I made the change a long time ago)

> You tested this with exim -bt xx@???, I hope? What did that say? Did
> you try with -d9?


usw-sf-list1:~# exim -bt xx@???
xx@??? is undeliverable:
all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts

Mmmhhh.

Ahh, I get it. It came from a backup MX that didn't have the
ignore_target_hosts stuff.

Never mind, sorry for the noise.

Marc
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