Re: [ILUG] sendmail question ...

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Eoin Verling wrote:
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> Hey,
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> I get this strange problem from time to time with sendmail (running on SuSE linux 2.2.16, sendmail 8.9.3...
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> If I mail someone at domain ireland.com, it bounces back saying
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>  ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 550 <someone at domain ireland.com>... Host unknown (Name server: irelandsmtp0.prontomail.com.: host not found)
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> .. yet, if on the command line of that server I, "telnet irelandsmtp0.prontomail.com 25", I get to the SMTP service.
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> and, in the same breadth, I can send an email to a few other addresses without any bounce!
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> Is this a problem with my setup? or is it outside my control?
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> E
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