snowcrash+exim-users wrote:
>
> before you tersely presume again ...
>
> i've a closed test network.
Perhaps you could have said something about that in your original post?
> "mail.localdomain.com" is the real name of the server in this microcosm.
It's also the name of a perfectly valid domain on the public internet.
You really shouldn't be using it in your test environment.
msherman@pyloric:~$ dig mail.localdomain.com
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> mail.localdomain.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 7916
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mail.localdomain.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
mail.localdomain.com. 3581 IN A 66.172.91.184
;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Fri Dec 15 16:10:50 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 54
- Marc
