Name server: mail.si.uk host not found

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 22:09 +0500, SAQIB wrote:
> hi
> 
> i configured my sendmail, bind dns server + dovecot. i am getting the
> following error when i use to send email from 'root' to
> 'convert at mail.si.uk',
> 
> Oct 26 10:40:42 localhost sendmail[6829]: n9Q5ebnX006827:
> to=<convert at mail.si.uk>, ctladdr=<root at localhost.localdomain> (0/0),
> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:0
> 0, mailer=esmtp, pri=120345, relay=mail.si.uk, dsn=5.1.2, stat=Host
> unknown (Name server: mail.si.uk: host not found)

$ dig mail.si.uk

; <<>> DiG 9.6.1-P1-RedHat-9.6.1-6.P1.fc11 <<>> mail.si.uk
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 41404

NXDOMAIN means there is no such domain.

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