MailScanner maillog error

Laramie Combs combslm at APPSTATE.EDU
Fri Mar 7 14:14:43 GMT 2003


Looks like a sendmail nameserver resolution problem to me.

What does your /etc/named.conf look like?

Also, what is the result of a nslookup on 217.114.166.133 and then on
cnn.com?

My nameserver returns Non-existant domain on the 217 address.

-Laramie
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Thewlis" <john at OFIZ.COM>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:11 AM
Subject: MailScanner maillog error


> Hi
>
> Many thanks for all the help on the /etc/sasldb error, it is now fixed.
>
> When looking through the MailScanner maillog, I get the following error
> message each time an email is sent through the server:-
>
>
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns MailScanner[18807]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages,
3034
> bytes
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns MailScanner[18807]: Virus and Content Scanning:
Starting
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns MailScanner[18807]: Uninfected: Delivered 1 messages
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns sendmail[29908]: gethostbyaddr(217.114.166.33) failed:
1
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns sendmail[29908]: gethostbyaddr(217.114.166.34) failed:
1
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns sendmail[29908]: gethostbyaddr(217.114.166.31) failed:
1
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns sendmail[29908]: gethostbyaddr(217.114.166.91) failed:
1
>
>
> Any ideas as to how to resolve this error?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>



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