[comp.mail.sendmail] Smail3 mail problems with BIND MX records

kdenning@genesis.Naitc.Com (Karl Denninger) (05/21/91)

Hello!

Well, I'm staring at the Smail3 source code.....

It's just told me that I can't get mail to world.std.com (we're on the
Internet, and running the BIND router).  This is obviously not correct, as
the info below shows:

rcode = 0 (Success), ancount=5
The following answer is not authoritative:
world.std.com	145663 IN	A	192.74.137.5
world.std.com	80413 IN	MX	100 world.std.com
world.std.com	80413 IN	MX	200 relay1.UU.NET
world.std.com	80413 IN	MX	300 news.UU.NET
world.std.com	80413 IN	MX	400 uunet.UU.NET
For authoritative answers, see:
std.com	145660 IN	NS	SKULD.STD.COM
std.com	145660 IN	NS	WORLD.STD.COM
std.com	145660 IN	NS	NS.UU.NET
Additional information:
world.std.com	145663 IN	A	192.74.137.5
relay1.UU.NET	148883 IN	A	137.39.1.5
relay1.UU.NET	148883 IN	A	192.48.96.5
news.UU.NET	148883 IN	A	137.39.1.4
news.UU.NET	148883 IN	A	192.48.96.4
news.UU.NET	148883 IN	A	192.48.96.132
news.UU.NET	71078 IN	A	137.39.48.1
uunet.UU.NET	167022 IN	A	192.48.96.2
uunet.UU.NET	167022 IN	A	137.39.1.2
SKULD.STD.COM	145663 IN	A	192.74.137.1
NS.UU.NET	153513 IN	A	137.39.1.3

That says to me that there are four valid MXs for world.std.com, one of 
which is the site itself, the others are the relay sites for UUNET. 

I can't find anything wrong with the records above..... so what's the deal?  
Is this something that is fixed in a later Smail3 release?  The version 
info we have is:

release:	Smail3.1.18.1, 22-nov-89
patch number:	#18, 22-nov-89
compilation:	#38, 22-jun-90

I'd hate to have to ditch smail3 over this!

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