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Re: [SLE] Name service problems.
- From: "Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 15:13:59 +0200 (CEST)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307011509480.2882-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The 03.06.28 at 20:42, Clifford wrote:
> I have a tiny network (3 machines) and therefore have chosen not to use a DNS
> as i really don't need it.
Having a local dns saves external network traffic and speeds up some
things.
> I thought everything was going well as i had defined all machines in
> /etc/hosts and i could ping them using hostname.mydomain .
> I started fiddling around with my postfix config and found a problem
> delivering local mail. I soon found out that "hosts kananga.mydomain" fails.
Mail delivery requires a working DNS; the query:
host -t MX kananga.mydomain
must work.
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Cheers,
Carlos Robinson
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