Re: tlug: Internet connections from Linux

[Neil Booth <NeilB@example.com>]

Rex Walters wrote:

> Yeesh.  I must have been hallucinating.  There is an A record for
> mail.iname.com, but there is also an MX record.  Ask your ISP what you
> should use as your SMTP server.
> 
> Script started on Wed Oct 14 11:17:25 1998
> 
>     [rex@example.com /tmp]$ dig mail.iname.com any
> 
>     ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> mail.iname.com any
>     ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
>     ;; got answer:
>     ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
>     ;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 4, Auth: 2, Addit: 13
>     ;; QUESTIONS:
>     ;;  mail.iname.com, type = ANY, class = IN
> 
>     ;; ANSWERS:
>     mail.iname.com.     1769    MX      20 spool.globecomm.net.
>     mail.iname.com.     1769    MX      30 mail.globecomm.net.
>     mail.iname.com.     1769    MX      10 smv.globecomm.net.
>     mail.iname.com.     3521    A       206.253.130.11

Interestingly, putting any "MX" address in /etc/hosts meant I could only
send mail to myself and other people using iname. What I needed to send
mail to anyone was the "A" address. Everything works fine now.

Cheers,

Neil.
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