On 16 Jun 2003, Paul Warren wrote:
> LOG: 0 MAIN
> lowest numbered MX record points to local host: 6abc.com
> LOG: 0 MAIN
> == 6a@??? R=lookuphost defer (-1): lowest numbered MX record
> points to local host
> LOG: 0 MAIN
> Frozen
>
> It seems that all messages in this state are frozen with either the
> above message, or remote host is local host.
>
> (The lowest MX for that domain is indeed 127.0.0.1, and other messages
> were addressed to our machine by hostname, rather than by a domain that
> we host)
Have you not got
ignore_target_hosts = 0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8
in your dnslookup router? That should cause the routing to fail.
> Is there a good reason why these messages are exempt from the
> "timeout_frozen_after" handling?
Probably because it is the routing rather than the delivery that is
failing.
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