phyllis@bcsaic.UUCP (Phyllis Melvin) (10/18/89)
I've just installed BIND as a client (on Ultrix 3.1) and have discovered some odd behavior. When Ultrix queries the domain server to determine how to send mail to a host, it FIRST asks for Address records. If the domain server returns one, Ultrix tries to connect to that address. It doesn't ask for an MX record! It only asks for an MX record if the request for an Address record returns nothing. This behavior is contrary to my understanding of the RFCs. Shouldn't Ultrix FIRST ask for MX records and use them if they exist? As it is, I find mail failing (the host won't accept connections, or the network is unreachable, etc.) when it should have been readily deliverable. Is my understanding of the RFCs wrong? Or is Ultrix doing the wrong thing? -- Phyllis Melvin uucp: uw-beaver!bcsaic!phyllis internet: phyllis@atc.boeing.com
litwack@dccs.upenn.edu (Mark Litwack) (10/31/89)
> Is my understanding of the RFCs wrong? Or is Ultrix doing the wrong > thing? The Ultrix sendmail has been hopelessly destroyed by DEC. We solved all problems with sendmail by running the pure Berkeley version. -mark