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Subject:Re: [courier-users] ESMTP does NOT need DNS on localhostActions...
From:William Hue (wh_c@telus.net)
Date:Apr 19, 2007 3:38:44 pm
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

Hi All,

I think what Michelle is trying to say is that courier seems to be getting information from /etc/hosts, as evidenced by the fact that switching the order of the 2nd and 3rd lines in /etc/hosts makes a difference in how a reverse-lookup from courier will resolve.

IIRC, courier uses gethostbyxxxx() calls and perhaps these functions consult /etc/hosts under the covers? I know that in Solaris, the gethostbyxxxx() functions provide what looks like DNS functionality by first consulting /etc/nsswitch.conf, and then consulting the appropriate name services (files, DNS, NIS, LDAP) listed therein.

William

Gordon Messmer wrote:

Michelle Konzack wrote:

If I have and /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.10 samba.michistest.ir 192.168.0.10 mail.michistest.ir 192.168.0.20 michelle1.michistest.ir 192.168.0.30 tp570.michistest.ir

it would not work

What would not work?

since a REVERSE-Lookuo to <mail.michitest.ir> will resolv <samba.michistest.ir>. Putting the MAILSERVER on the first entry after <localhost> like:

127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.10 mail.michistest.ir 192.168.0.10 samba.michistest.ir 192.168.0.20 michelle1.michistest.ir 192.168.0.30 tp570.michistest.ir

will work properly...

Otherwise my OWN courier-server would not work here.

Clarify how you think that information is used. I have no idea where you're going with that.

So, I have no "named" running in my local network with currently 26 machines active but it still works. How comes?

Because DNS isn't required to accept messages for relay?

Note: My domain (I have changed the domainname) is registered but only for private use which include my mailhost...

What does "is registered" mean?