Re: [Nolug] sendmail relay problem on LAN

Oh, I forgot. Our domain name is hosted in California. My local box is
relaying outgoing mail. The domain.com is not pointing at my client's DSL. I
pointed domain.dhs.org at my box for my convenience, only.

I know someone was going to ask about it, heh.

--Joey

Thou spake:
>Hey all,
>
>I've got a little problem. Sendmail started barfing today at a client's
> site. Yesterday things worked perfectly, but today, my client is not able
> to relay his outgoing mail through my Linux server.
>
>Here is the setup:
>
>domain.com # my domain
>domain.dhs.org # sub-domain of dhs.org
>reuben.domain.dhs.org # host = server (NAT, bind, sendmail, apache, etc.)
>domain # local workgroup & searchlist for windows LAN
>
>Sendmail is set up to relay any mail from 192.168.2.0/24
>
>Here is the error I am getting in /var/log/mail:
>
>Jan 8 18:40:52 reuben sendmail[4679]: g090eCo04679: ruleset=check_mail,
>arg1=<mark@domain.com>, relay=mark.domain.dhs.org [192.168.1.3], reject=451
>4.1.8 Domain of sender address mark@domain.com does not resolve
>
>Of course, my network is working properly:
>
>PING mark.domain.dhs.org (192.168.1.3) from 192.168.1.1 : 56(84) bytes of
>data.
>64 bytes from mark.domain.dhs.org (192.168.1.3): icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=589
>usec
>
>Heh, ping times in microseconds --- haven't seen too many times before ;-)
>
>Ok, two questions:
>
>1). What is the problem, and why is my relay not working anymore?
>
>2). Is my network set up correctly to begin with, with respect to my box
>thinking it is $HOSTNAME.domain.dhs.org --- should the hostname be the dhs
>subdomain?
>
>Thanks for taking a look at this. All thoughts are appreciated :-)

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Computer Networking Consultant >
http://joeykelly.dhs.org
"When Government fears the people, it's liberty.
When people fear the Government, it's tyranny."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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