On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:53:41 -0500 (CDT) Joe Laffey wrote:

> I get one of these for a domain I deal with. I know the admin, so I
> can try to get him to fix it if I can identify the exact problem.
> 
> Jun 12 09:46:51 moog courieresmtp:
> id=000107A9.3EE89255.00001950,from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,addr=
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: This domain's DNS violates RFC 1035.
> 
> [10:53am]moog /usr/lib/courier/etc# ../bin/testmxlookup
> acumen-corp.com Domain acumen-corp.com:
> Relay: mail.acumen-corp.com, Priority: 5, Address: 216.90.94.80
> Relay: 216.90.94.145, Priority: 10, Address: 216.90.94.145 [ ERROR ]
> Relay: mail2.acumen-corp.com, Priority: 20, Address: 216.90.94.10
> 
> Is the violation the lack of a PTR with matching A for 216.90.94.145
> ??

$ host -t mx acumen-corp.com
acumen-corp.com mail is handled by 10 216.90.94.145.
acumen-corp.com mail is handled by 20 mail2.acumen-corp.com.
acumen-corp.com mail is handled by 5 mail.acumen-corp.com.

MX records MUST point to hostnames, NOT IP addresses. The MX at priority
10 is therefore wrong.

-- 
Anand Buddhdev
http://anand.org


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