Yes. The RFC requires a FQDN for a MX Record. I've had this problem with a
diffrent domain last year.
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Martin Jaggi
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Dodell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 4:44 PM
> To: Imail Forum
> Subject: [IMail Forum] why can't I deliver to this domain
>
> I have a mailing list subscriber who has the domain:
>
> zivsmilestudio.com
>
> There is a MX record for delivery of mail.
>
> When watching the session with the Syslog on the monitor. I get the
> following session:
>
> SMTPD (001200B2) [xxxx] RCPT TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> SMTPD (001200B2) [xxxx] e:\IMail\spool\D289a0b2.SMD 629
> SMTP (394) processing e:\IMail\spool\Q289a0b2.SMD
> SMTP (394) Creating message from Postmaster
> SMTP (394) finished e:\IMail\spool\Q289a0b2.SMD status=2
>
>
> It appears that SMTP never tries to even make a delivery attempt, it
> just bounces the message back as "Unknown Host".
>
> The DNS record has an IP # versus a FQDN, could this be the problem?
>
> David
>
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