Hi Chris /etc# host -t mx gmail.com 208.67.220.220 Using domain server: Name: 208.67.220.220 Address: 208.67.220.220#53 Aliases:
gmail.com mail is handled by 5 gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. gmail.com mail is handled by 30 alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. gmail.com mail is handled by 10 alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. gmail.com mail is handled by 20 alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. gmail.com mail is handled by 40 alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. and the cat cat resolv.conf nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 196.44.176.1 nameserver 196.44.176.4 nameserver 217.15.120.4 nameserver 217.15.120.90 nameserver 209.88.90.130 nameserver 213.140.2.43 nameserver 4.2.2.2 On 01/02/2010, Chris Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Hannibal, > > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010, Hannibal Ndlovu wrote: > >> I am running a new Debian 5 with exim4.69 >> >> When i try to send mail to gmail i get one of the following error >> >> all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts >> >> or >> >> unroutable address >> >> My dns resolves correctly - i am running my own DNS server - most other >> domains have no problems but 1 or 2 others also give me the same errors >> >> i have tried to set the gmail.com and an ip for one of the MX in the >> hosts file with no luck, i would realy appreciate any assistance that >> can be provided. > > You'd need to tell us the output of the following commands: > > cat /etc/resolv.conf > host -t mx gmail.com (or whatever domain you're sending to) > host -t mx gmail.com 208.67.220.220 (using OpenDNS instead of your own DNS > server) > > For reference, this is what I get: > > ch...@rocio(bbackupquery)$ host -t mx gmail.com 208.67.220.220 > Using domain server: > Name: 208.67.220.220 > Address: 208.67.220.220#53 > Aliases: > > gmail.com mail is handled by 30 alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. > gmail.com mail is handled by 5 gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. > gmail.com mail is handled by 40 alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. > gmail.com mail is handled by 20 alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. > gmail.com mail is handled by 10 alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. > > Cheers, Chris. > -- > _ ___ __ _ > / __/ / ,__(_)_ | Chris Wilson <0000 at qwirx.com> - Cambs UK | > / (_/ ,\/ _/ /_ \ | Security/C/C++/Java/Perl/SQL/HTML Developer | > \ _/_/_/_//_/___/ | We are GNU-free your mind-and your software | > -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
