Another reason for such work can be in file "smtpfwd.tab" Vitoshnov Dmitriy
> -----Original Message----- > From: xmail-boun...@xmailserver.org [mailto:xmail- > boun...@xmailserver.org] On Behalf Of gilad > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 12:47 PM > To: XMail Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [xmail] DNS Madness > > > There was a record for the domain, however, it contained the name of > the > mail server (i.e. <mmil.workdomain.com>) > > Just in case I deleted it and restarted the server to no avail. > > I also grep'd all the files under dnscache looking for the ip address > and did not find it. > > > > Dmitriy Vitoshnov wrote: > > Xmail have folder dnscache. > > I think that there is a copy of the MX-recording with your old IP- > address. > > > > > > > > Vitoshnov Dmitriy > > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: xmail-boun...@xmailserver.org [mailto:xmail- > >> boun...@xmailserver.org] On Behalf Of gilad > >> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 11:38 AM > >> To: xmail@xmailserver.org > >> Subject: [xmail] DNS Madness > >> > >> Where does xmail get the ip address for a domain name? > >> > >> I run my own home xmail server (on pclinuxos) and a forwarding only > >> named on a home server machine. It uses my personal domain name. > >> > >> At work I also run an xmail server (on centos) using my company's > >> domain > >> name (different from my personal domain name.) > >> > >> Few days ago the IP address for the work server has changed. Now my > >> home > >> xmail server can't deliver email an account on the work server. It > >> seems xmail on the home machine resolves the company's domain name > to > >> its old ip address. I verified this by looking at the outgoing > traffic > >> from that machine. > >> > >> However, on the same machine running various dns tools > >> (host,nslookup,dig) all correctly show the new address for the work > >> mail > >> server. Also I can connect to it using telnet. However the mail > server > >> tries to connect to the old address. > >> > >> I finally gave up on finding where the problem is and set up an > >> iptables rule to modify outgoing traffic to the old address to go to > >> the > >> new address, and voila the home mail server now connects to the work > >> mail server and works. > >> > >> As a reference the iptables rule on the home mail server machine > looks > >> like this: > >> > >> iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -d <work mail server old ip address> -j > DNAT > >> --to <work mail server new ip address> > >> > >> Again, on the home server machine (where the confused xmail server > >> runs) > >> dig <workdomain.com> mx > >> returns correctly return <mmil.workdomain.com> and > >> dig <mail.workdomain.com> > >> correctly returns the new ip address. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> xmail mailing list > >> xmail@xmailserver.org > >> http://xmailserver.org/mailman/listinfo/xmail > > > > _______________________________________________ > > xmail mailing list > > xmail@xmailserver.org > > http://xmailserver.org/mailman/listinfo/xmail > _______________________________________________ > xmail mailing list > xmail@xmailserver.org > http://xmailserver.org/mailman/listinfo/xmail _______________________________________________ xmail mailing list xmail@xmailserver.org http://xmailserver.org/mailman/listinfo/xmail
