Help! Mail to 'localhost' not staying local

[Kevin Kinsey]

V.I.Victor wrote:
> Somthing changed -- literally overnight!  Or perhaps, some old problem is just showing up.
> 
> All my log reports, et cetera are stuck in mqueue.
> 
> Example -- for years, the following line has been in root's crontab: (sorry if folded)
> 
> @reboot /bin/echo "reboot" |/usr/bin/mail -s "start-up at `date`" root at localhost
> 
> 
> It has worked without any problems delivering an email indicating start-up time.
> 
> 
> Now...  Well, here's some lines from the 'mqueue' file:
> 
> H??Received: from zebra.athome.net (localhost.athome.net [127.0.0.1])
>         by zebra.athome.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l33AFhEA000481
>         for <root at zebra.athome.net>; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 06:15:44 -0400 (EDT)
>         (envelope-from root at ld2.networksolutions.com)
> H??Received: (from root at localhost)
>         by zebra.athome.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id l33AFhqS000433
>         for root at localhost; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 06:15:43 -0400 (EDT)
>         (envelope-from root)
> 
> It seems that my local network name of "athome.net" is being "evaluated."
> 
>>From 'whois athome.net' --
> 
>    Domain Name: ATHOME.NET
>    Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
>    Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
>    Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
>    Name Server: NS3.LAMEDELEGATION.NET
>    Name Server: NS4.LAMEDELEGATION.NET
>    Status: clientTransferProhibited
>    Updated Date: 02-apr-2007
>    Creation Date: 30-nov-1999
>    Expiration Date: 30-nov-2015
> 
> It's been around since 1999, but was updated yesterday.

Why are your nameservers set to "lamedelegation.net"?  Did you
leave an old credit card on file with your registrar?

It *sounds* like a potential issue.

Just, err, curious?

Kevin Kinsey
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