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Subject: Re: Only local delivery?
From: Michael hall (mhallriverside.org)
Date: Sun Jun 25 2000 - 13:03:31 CDT

On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 07:30:07PM +0200, Leon Mergen wrote:

> My postfix server only delivers local email! When I try to send out mail to
> a domain outside of my server, mail is not delivered, and when someone sends
> an email to my server i don't receive it.... all is tested on realdomain
> and virtual domains
>
> Can anybody give some tips on what to do and what I might have done wrong?
> If someone can give some tips how to do it with Webmin I would really
> appreciate it...
>
>
> This is the "bounce" email that a friend of my received:
>
>
> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <coolguestcoolguest.com>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 550 <coolguestcoolguest.com>... Host unknown (Name server:
> mail.coolguest.com.coolguest.com.: host not found)
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You need to look at your DNS setup, offhand it looks like the ending '.'
is missing on your MX record (and maybe other records) resulting in the
'mail.coolguest.com.coolguest.com.' 

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Mike Hall,
Unix Admin   - Rock Island Communications           <mikehrockisland.com>
System Admin - riverside.org                        <mhallriverside.org>