Re: [exim] Exim4: all relevant MX records point to non-exist…

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Author: Marc Sherman
Date:  
To: kimhick
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Exim4: all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts
Brian Kimsey-Hickman wrote:
> I am getting this error message on a Debian Sarge installation:
>
> compt-inet:/# exim4 -bt brian@???
> R: dnslookup for brian@???
> brian@??? is undeliverable:
> all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> compt-401ex.occompt.com. 86400  IN      A       172.30.4.22
> compt-ns3.occompt.com.  86400   IN      A       172.30.4.13


The debian default config explicitly ignores private address space in
the dnslookup router:

   ignore_target_hosts = 0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8 : 192.168.0.0/16 : \
                         172.16.0.0/12 : 10.0.0.0/8 : 169.254.0.0/16


- Marc