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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.crd.ge.com!ctrlnews.erie.ge.com!news.ge.com!luss.is.ge.com!not-for-mail From: jrs@tampa2.is.ge.com (Jim Smithson) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Please Help: Name server timeouts from sendmail Date: 11 Oct 1995 17:14:50 -0400 Organization: My own opinions Lines: 15 Message-ID: <45hc4a$ljt@tampa2.is.ge.com> References: <451uoc$4o5@agate.berkeley.edu> <456tb1$61k@uriah.heep.sax.de> <45carv$a2h@agate.berkeley.edu> Keywords: sendmail bind named dns freebsd firewall timeout queue smart host Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.mail.sendmail:20955 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:7138 Maybe I'm missing something here. This is not a DNS problem but a sendmail configuration problem. Can't you just edit the sendmail.cf file: # macro L defines the "local domain" to which you connect directly for SMTP mail DLmydomain.com # SMTP relay for unresolved @ addresses DSfirewall.mydomain.com I know this works on HP-UX 9.0X but I'm a bit new to FreeBSD so I haven't tried it.