The root cause of my problem was not my sendmail config but the fact that our DNS administrators dorked up their DNS server configs. Once they fixed their problems, my email started working again. Just so it is in the archives, here is some info I learned about Sendmail and DNS: It appears that the only real solution to make Sendmail ignore DNS is to recompile the executable with NAMED_BIND set to 0. After MUCH searching on the Internet, everything I have read indicates that the anti-spam features of sendmail rely so heavily on DNS that if DNS support is compiled in but DNS isnt working properly, your mail wont work either. (Or will work not how you intended it to). Thanks to the following for providing truly helpful information: David M Dennis Robert McDonnell Surprisingly, I received only 4 out of office notifications. I guess a few people have learned how to configure their email. Thanks! Jason Bufford > I have several boxes that need DNS for accessing the web but the DNS > lookup has caused Sendmail to stop working properly. > > Is there a way to tell Sendmail to NOT use DNS without recompiling > it? (Recompiling Sendmail is not an option for my site at this time). > > I have tried doing what this guy suggested: > > http://www.cm.nu/~shane/lists/comp.mail.sendmail/2003-06/1719.html > > But now other features like my genericstable lookup arent working. > > And as I understand it, the service.switch file is ignored by > Sun's implementation of Sendmail. > > This is a VERY time sensitive issue for me, so ANY help at all > would be appreciated! > > Thank you, > > Jason Bufford > _______________________________________________ > sunmanagers mailing list > sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org > http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Sat Nov 29 13:43:28 2003
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