-----Original Message-----
From: Vaughn Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, June 19, 1999 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] DNS PROBLEMS??
>Dan,
>
>*Important tip at end of note*
>
> I think everyone is trying to help you with something that you do need
>to fix, eventually. Right now though you need to be able to send mail OUT.
>It really is important that you see if you can get the correct info on the
>mail servers you are trying to reach. Someone has already suggested this,
>but I am going to re-re-re suggest that you use nslookup to test your
>ability to resolve names of hosts you are sending to...
>
>[instructions to use nslookup to test]
>go to a dos box (on NT)
>type "nslookup" (without quotes)
>[right away you should get a report of what DNS server you are using]
>type "set type=mx" (without quotes)
>type "aol.com" (without quotes)
>[copy output and mail to me or list]
>
>who is your upstream ISP?
PBI
>what DNS servers do you have specified in IMAIL? (you would find this in
>the "IMAIL server" applet from the Windows NT Control Panel... It will be
on
>the "SMTP" tab. There can be more than one IP there separated by a space)
206.170.199.5
>
>Your DNS entries for Tigerlink need some work too, but this should be
first,
>get your mail flowing out again, then get the inbound flowing right...
That
>is what your customers are complaining about so let's get that done first.
>***** Also on the "SMTP" tab there are two places where you can set the
>number of tries to send mail, and the time between tries, set these much
>higher right away (temporary) so that mail does not continue to go back to
>your users, this will buy you some time.
I PUT IT TO 200
>***************************************
>e-mail me the results of your test!
>-V
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Dan from Tigerlink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 8:12 PM
>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] DNS PROBLEMS??
>
>
>> do my DNS records look ok now
>>
>> >>
>> >>> here are my dns records for my domain.. My emails are stuck in the
Q
>> >and
>> >>> wont leave..delivery is failing. any ideas???? dan
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> tigerlink.net A 206.170.199.5
>> tigerlink.net NS dns.tigerlink.net
>> tigerlink.net NS ns1.pbi.net
>> tigerlink.net SOA dns.tigerlink.net,
>> administrator.tigerlink.net
>>
>> tigerlink.net MX (10) tigerlink.net
>> tigerlink.net MX (20) mail.tigerlink.net
>> dns CNAME tigerlink.net
>> www. A 206.170.199.22
>>
>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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>
>
