On Thu, 9 May 2002, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
> <snip>
> > > oddprocess.org. 5202 IN MX 0 oddprocess.org.
> > > oddprocess.org. 5202 IN MX 5 daubnet.dns2go.com.
> > >
> > > The main server is oddprocess.org, and the backup is
> > > daubnet.dns2go.com.
> > >
> > > The backup server /etc/hosts has
> > > 192.168.0.4 daubnet.dns2go.com
> >
> >
> > Here is what I get for that name. I think that has something to do
> > with your problem. (Im fairly certain exim queries the DNS directly and
> > ignores /etc/hosts)
> >
> >
> > daubnet.dns2go.com. 6 IN A 151.201.155.118
>
> Yes, that is the actual IP of my firewall, and the server is behind a
> firewall/router, using a 192.168.0.x schema.
>
> If this is where the problem may be, how can I fix it?
I'm not 100% sure. I dont normally put servers behind firewalls..
You _might_ be able to add ignore_target_hosts = 151.201.155.118 to your
smtp router to force it to ignore itself..
