[ale] Host ame lookup erroer

[gear2 at hotmail.com (Scott Fowler)]

How can a typo allow me to ping but not send mail?  I can ping by hostname.


>From: Sue Bauer-Lee <sblee at tazmania.org>
>Reply-To: sblee at tazmania.org
>To: gear2 at hotmail.com (Scott Fowler)
>Subject: Re: [ale] Host ame lookup erroer
>Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:35:52 -0400 (EDT)
>
>Looks like a typo in the DNS zone file.
>
> >
> > U have this strange error where I can ping the machine by hostname but
> > can not send mail to it.  Below it the entry from /etc/maillog:
> >
> > Jul 13 20:51:15 lazuli sendmail[11911]: UAA11909:
> > to=cfowler at zfh-csg.penguinpowe
> > red.com, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, 
>mailer=esmtp,
> > rela
> > y=zfh-csg.penguinpowered.com., stat=Deferred: Name server:
> > zfh-csg.penguinpowere
> > d.com.: host name lookup failure
> >
> > I can not figure out what could be causing this.
> >
> > Any help would help me greatly.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris Fowler
> >
> >
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