> Hello Guys and gals,
>
> I am sorry that I keep flogging a dead horse, ie FAQ on the subject,
> but!!!!!!!
>
> I am going nuts!!!!
>
> I can see no reason for my problem.
>
> Problem:
>
> LINUX 2.0.31 + ax25-utils-2.1.42a + net-tools-1.33.rose.tjd
>
> I can ping/telnet/ftp/nntp, receive smtp
>
> BUT
>
> Can not send SMTP.
>
> Routes point to our local gateway (ie ip router vk3rpp [44.136.72.1].
> "ping vk3blw-1" yeilds 100% of return ping's
> "telnet vk3blw-3" (blw-3 is our local nntpserver) gets the usual JNOS
> signon messages etc.
> "ftp vk3blw-3" gets me a common jnos ftp> prompt that I can use.
> I have received several (about 6) messages from vk3blw-1 (our local smtp
> server) but!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> via pine a message to "vk3blw@vk3blw-1" simply sits on my system till mail
> daemon mail is created saying that mail could not be delievered!
>
> Sendmail starts up as........
>
> sendmail -bd -q 15m
>
> yet nothing is ever sent.
>
> please please please help me. I **want** to use linux soley for my ax25
> activities however this problem is very dis-enchanting and heads me back to
> JNOS under WIN95, which by the way, works 100%.
>
> Is it a routing problem, a daemon problem, a configuration problem a
> "mark" problem, I have RTFM till I am blue in the face or fast asleep,
> which ever comes first but still no ideas come to mind!
>
>
> Arrrrgggghhhhhh
>
> Just a stress release yell.
Better than a heart attack.
I think this is related--I noticed after assigning a new IP address to
a local station and adding him to my /etc/hosts file that SMTP was just
sitting there, as you observed. I submitted his address to
iirxptwu@mx.dy.fi and after the address had propagated to the DNS, the
messages were sent out.
Could it be that sendmail/smail do not use /etc/hosts to resolve addresses
and rely only on the nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf? If so, how does one
deal with a network which is unconnected to the Internet?
I am running named as a cache. Is there a way to add name/address
resolution to the cache from a file? How about dumping the contents of
the cache to a file prior to shutdown and reloading at the next boot?
Bob
--- Bob Nielsen Internet: lgkcg.nsdfu@relay.tunkki.fi Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: uxxbj@dordrecht.nl http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen/