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#! rnews 1689 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!platinum.sge.net!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!128.6.21.9!rutgers!usenet.logical.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!saluki-news.it.siu.edu!slip106.termserv.siu.edu From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Mail question Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 09:51:37 CST Organization: Southern Illinois University Lines: 20 Sender: NNTP@slip106.termserv.siu.edu Message-ID: <24a9f126.u9t27e.0@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Reply-To: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: slip106.termserv.siu.edu Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43709 Hi Charlie, on Jun 28 you wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 2.1.5. My (local) hostname is quail, so named > for my own amusement only. I like it better than localhost, > although it is, of course, also known as localhost. I run popclient > to get my mail from my ISP. I thought that I had sendmail set up > properly. > > But every once in a while, I get bounced mail because the recipient > doesn't recognize "quail.swcp.com" -- of course there is no such > host registered. I thought that sendmail was properly masquerading You just answered your own question: get "qual.swcp.com" defined in your domain's DNS (as it should be). This could be an MX (Mail eXchange) record (pointing to your already DNS registered and configured host), or an A (Address) record (which assumes that this is what your machine will be/is configured as). The MX record is better.