Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3261 mails)

[Cees van de Griend <cees-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Landy,

On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 11:09:11AM -0400, Landy Roman wrote:
> when postfix starts i see a warning saying
> etc/resolv.conf  and
> /var/spool/postfix/etc/resolv.conf differ, 
> is this warning important?  what should i do
> about it

In a previous mail you said you didn't change anything.
This message says you did. You edited resolv.conf by hand and forgot to
copy it to /var/spool/postfix/etc/resolv.conf.
If you had used yast to configure your system, yast would have copied this
file automagical for you.

The error mentioned in your previous email is related - I think.
You have configured smtp.concentirc.net as your MX host, but this host
does not exist.

I first tought this was a setup problem in postfix, but it looks like a 
DNS problem.
When I tried to sent a mail to you, I got an error which said my machine 
couldn't find smtp.concentric.net.

In your DNS entry, smtp.concentric.net is defined as your MX host, i.e. the
host to which all mail must be send. Clearly you did not define a backup MX 
host, or this one would have been tried secondly and my mail would have been
sent.

Also, your own machine tries to send mail for the domain concentric.net to
smtp.concentric.net and is does not find this host. These are the error 
messages in your mail log.

You must fix 2 things:
- 1 - 
Define a host called smtp in your DNS and configure it to take the mail for
the domain concentric.net (DNS and Postfix config).

- 2 -
Tell your own machine - if the domain concentric.net is your own domain -
to deliver the mail locally. (Postfix config).

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Cees.