Re: [hylafax-users] Problem with Mail-to-fax gateway

[Simon Perry <hylafax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Williams, Chris wrote:

> Hi,
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>
> I have a problem with my mail-to-fax gatway.  I can send faxes from 
> the command line no probs ut I can't get send mail to send mails to 
> sendfax.
>
>  
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> I have tried the instructions in the mailfax.sh-sendmail file to no 
> avail I have also tried the instructions here 
> http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2000-08/msg00495.php still no good the 
> mail server is just saying
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> stat=Host unknown (Name server: 12345678.fax.: host not found)
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>  
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> so it is obviously trying to dns look up 12345678.fax which it is not 
> going to find?
>
>  
Chris,

It sounds like your MTA is doing a DNS lookup before it encounters your 
new fax rules. Make sure that your new fax rule is the first rule 
sendmail is checking.

hth

Simon

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