Re: PHP and/or linux issue?

I don't know. I know the person and there is no issue there. Here is the full error, although I have changed his actual address: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:37:01 -0600 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@localhost.localdomain> To: nobody@localhost.localdomain Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details The original message was received at Thu, 8 Nov 2001 09:37:00 -0600 from nobody@localhost ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- john.smith@home.com (reason: 501 5.1.8 <nobody@localhost.localdomain>... Domain of sender address nobody@localhost.localdomain does not exist) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to mx-rr.home.com.: >>> MAIL From:<nobody@localhost.localdomain> SIZE=397 <<< 501 5.1.8 <nobody@localhost.localdomain>... Domain of sender address nobody@localhost.localdomain does not exist 501 5.6.0 Data format error Is there an option in sendmail to disable the mx lookup? -- Gaylen gfraley5@earthlink.net Home http://www.gaylenandmargie.com PHP KISGB v2.21 Guestbook http://www.gaylenandmargie.com/phpwebsite "John S. Huggins" <jhuggins@va.net> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.3.96.1011108195049.20477J-100000@va.net... > On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Gaylen Fraley wrote: > > >-lookup of the mx-rr.domain.com of the e-mail address. When it doesn't find > >-an mx record, it rejects it with a 501 error. Windoze doen't use the mx > >-lookup, so it attempts to send the email and it works. > >- > >-My question is this: How do I tell the mail() (or sendmail) not to do the > >-mx record validation? Thanks. > > I have to ask. Why is the email MX record invalid? > > ************************************** > > John Huggins > VANet > 7101 Oriole Avenue > Springfield, VA 22150 > 703-912-6453 > 703-912-4831 fax > > jhuggins@va.net > http://www.va.net/ > > ************************************** >