Using Domain-Based Addresses

From: <ricardo_at_r.iie.org.mx>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 10:00:26 -0600

Hi,

I am trying to setup my OSF/1 systems in a way that Domain-Based Addresses
can be used for our mail. I already run the /usr/sbin/mailsetup and
configure it to do that. The name of the host I'm using to do this is
AXP16.IIE.ORG.MX running OSF/1 V3.0. This host is our domain name server.

After I run the /usr/sbin/mailsetup and define that I want to use domain-based
address I can send mail using this kind of addresses in AXP16.IIE.ORG.MX,
but if I try to send mail from another host in another domain using only our
domain name I get

        From delcueto Thu Jun 8 09:36 CST 1995
        Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 09:36:28 -0600
        From: Mailer-Daemon (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
        Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown
        To: delcueto

           ----- Transcript of session follows -----
        421 Host iie.org.mx not found for mailer ether.
        550 ricardo_at_iie.org.mx... Host unknown


Is there something else I have to do in order to allow Internet users to
send mail to us using only our domain name ?

I thank you all in advance for your help.

Ricardo del Cueto
Electrical Research Institute
ricardo_at_r.iie.org.mx


P.D.

I read in the documentation (NETWORK CONFIGURATION MANUAL) that something has
to be done with the MX record:

        "To use domain-based addresses, you need to set up one
         or more machines in your mail system as a mail hub
         and use BIND MX records to point to these machines."
Received on Thu Jun 08 1995 - 18:49:56 NZST

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