> On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 22:44 -0700, Mike Noble wrote: >> Johan Lozano wrote: >> > hi list, >> > >> > i have a problem with mail in my network. >> > when i send an email from one box to an other, the mail do not arrive. >> > even from the command-line >> > mail johan@mbfrodo <mailto:johan@mbfrodo> >> > email does not reach to his destination >> > >> > mail outside my netwerk woks fine. >> > what can be the possible cause? >> > >> > >> > Johan Lozano >> > MicroBit, Duffel >> > E-mail : johan.lozano@xxxxxxxxxx >> > >> > GPG key : 9A9FBFE1 >> > >> > >> >> Mail by default want to find an MX record in DNS for the system that is >> receiving the mail. Not sure what what mail client/server you are using >> sendmail, postfix....etc. You can look up the documentation for the >> mail server that is trying to send the mail and find out where you might >> be able to shutoff the requirement for an MX record. > > Any RFC-compliant SMTP mail client should fall back to an A record in > the absence of an MX record. > > The OP should look in the mail log file for his sending machine > (/var/log/maillog by default) to see if the mail is actually leaving > that machine, and if so, where it's going. Then, look at the mail log on > the receiving machine to see what's happening to it. > > I wouldn't be surprised if all machines are listening on localhost only > (the default) and hence the mail is stuck on the sending machine because > the receiving machine won't accept the connection. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > btw. is acting each machine as a smtp-server?????? normally, you go picking your e-mails on o pop-imap-server and dont let act each workstation as a mailserver.
