* Paul Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-19-2008]: > Macintosh:~ pauls$ telnet my.mywebsite.com 25 > Trying 209.181.247.105... > Connected to nullmx.mywebsite.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 nullmx SMTP > EHLO testing.mydomain.com > 220 Hello > quit > 220 Buh-bye! > Connection closed by foreign host > > Why "nullmx.mywebsite.com"? Which resolves to an entirely different IP > address.
Perhaps the admin routes all port 25 traffic to nullmx. > So I've got no idea why he's having this problem, unless it's because the > MX record doesn't point to my.mywebsite.com. Pure conjecture, but I think in trying to avoid exposing his machine's real hostname, he just wrote my.mywebsite.com, which just so happens to be an actual hostname. Otherwise, I am similarly perplexed. -- Sahil Tandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
