Re: multilog-watch, qmail-remote, and "Sorry. Although I'm listed as a best-preference..."

[Amitai Schlair <schmonz@schmonz.com>]

On Jun 4, 2007, at 3:51 PM, Dave Sill wrote:

> I think I'm losing it... I've been running Russ Allbery's
> multilog-watch on a couple systems for years, and all of the sudden
> I'm getting errors when it tries to mail its reports that seem to be
> due to qmail-remote not thinking the local host is listed in
> control/locals.
>
> Here's a test:
>
> $ /var/qmail/bin/qmail-remote sws5.ornl.gov root@sws5.ornl.gov  
> root@sws5.ornl.gov
> DSorry. Although I'm listed as a best-preference MX or A for that  
> host,
> it isn't in my control/locals file, so I don't treat it as local.  
> (#5.4.6)
When I do the same test, I get the same output. I'm not aware of any  
operational hiccups on my test system (though I'm not using multilog- 
watch). It certainly looks curious, but perhaps the problem lies  
elsewhere?