By baberzubair
I have installed postfix on my virtual machine and i have also added the IP address of my computer to allow relaying for my computer on postfix.
But when i try to send email it says “temporary lookup failure”
I have checked /etc/resolve.conf and it has google dns server 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
I am unable to rectify what can be the issue.Can someone please help me.
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What does host google.com output? Make sure you have the dns servers in /etc/resolv.conf and not /etc/resolve.conf
Following is the output by host google.com,also i that was my typo i have dns servers 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4 in /etc/resolv.conf <br> <br>root@ns1:~# host google.com <br>google.com has address 74.125.226.201 <br>google.com has address 74.125.226.197 <br>google.com has address 74.125.226.192 <br>google.com has address 74.125.226.200 <br>google.com has address 74.125.226.195 <br>google.com has address 74.125.226.193 <br>google.com has address 74.125.226.199 <br>google.com has address 74.125.226.196 <br>google.com has address 74.125.226.206 <br>google.com has address 74.125.226.194 <br>google.com has address 74.125.226.198 <br>google.com has IPv6 address 2607:f8b0:4006:800::1008 <br>google.com mail is handled by 30 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com. <br>google.com mail is handled by 40 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com. <br>google.com mail is handled by 20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com. <br>google.com mail is handled by 10 aspmx.l.google.com. <br>google.com mail is handled by 50 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com. <br>
What command are you running to send email? and what email address are you sending email to?
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