Hello,
You could probably find the answer by searching through the previous messages - last discussion about similar problem was last week.


Anyway,

Stuart Wells wrote:

when I try to send email from another client on the
internal network via the courier machine I get the 517
- Bad Domain MX record, please shoot your admin error.


Reading the archive (via google), FAQ and 3.3.9 of
RFC1035 doc the short term solution is to add


mydomain.us: [my.external.ip.here]

to /etc/courier/esmtproutes


esmtproutes affects outgoing mail, and has nothing to do with incoming mail.

and the long term solution is to change my MX0 record
from my.ip.here.200 to mydomain.us.


MX record should contain only name of host, not IP address, according to RFC 1035 (last week there was pretty much arguing about that recommendation on this list).

I also tried the IP in /etc/courier/esmtproutes with
and with out brackets and also tried my internal IP in
that file. Everything is hosted on the same IP - I
don't have a seperate IP for mail and other services.



Is this correct? I made the /etc/courier/esmtproutes
file and made the change to my MX record - the error
persists. If I made the correct change in my DNS
file, should this resolve it self in a few days
*crosses fingers* when the change filteres through the
net? Here is my log...


Since this server is on your internal network, changes should be visible as soon as you restart named daemon.

May 13 01:41:19 kitty courieresmtpd:
error,relay=::ffff:192.168.0.105,from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
517-MX records for mydomain.us violate section 3.3.9
of RFC 1035.
May 13 01:41:19 kitty courieresmtpd:
error,relay=::ffff:192.168.0.105,from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
517 Invalid domain, see
<URL:ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1035.txt>


Before i go and shoot my admin(me), what else should I
try?


Does your DNS server (bind) working right? Do dig and dig -x give correct answers?

Thanks in advance, setting up a real mail server from
source has been challenge and an excellent learning
experience!  Thanks for everyone's patience!

Stu

I also did that few months ago so I know how you feel.

Regards,
Zoran



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