>Now, I found out that my users can not send email to AOL, Hotmail and Yahoo.
Why not?
aka :
"What is in the !!IMAIL LOGS!! when when these three biggies reject
your mail??"
specifically the SMTP log in sysMMDD.txt
>Simple DNS Plus admitted that its software did not work with Windows 2000
Those ISP's don't look at what make/model of DNS you're running when
they reject your mail. They only care about your mail server's
behavior and how your DNS is set up.
Did you fix all the DNS errors I said you had earlier? intolaw.com
looks ok for A and MX records now but it has some serious errors that
will interfere with mail:
Errors
----------------------------------------------------------------------
o The server "ns8.nethighway.com." did not reply
The server "ns8.nethighway.com." did not reply when it was
queried for the name "intolaw.com.". This indicates that the
server is not running, or it is currently unreachable.
o "intolaw.com." does not seem to be registered anywhere
A message was received, saying that the domain "intolaw.com."
does not exist. This may be because the domain has not been
registered, or because the domain name has been incorrectly
entered.
o An MX record for "intolaw.com." refers to "www.intolaw.com." which
is a CNAME record
An MX record in the zone "intolaw.com." refers to the mail server
"www.intolaw.com." The record "www.intolaw.com." is a CNAME
record, not an A record.
o The primary mail server "www.intolaw.com." can possibly be used as
a mail relay
The primary mail server "www.intolaw.com." can possibly be used
to process a mail message where neither the sender nor the
recipient is a local user.
Don't use www for MX, use this set of host names in your A records:
@ same ip as www
www ip of http server
mail imail ip, where your useres relay their outbound mail through Imail
pop imail ip, where your users read their pop mailboxes
webmail imail ip, where your users do webmail
smtp imail ip, this is your MX hostname, where internet sends mail or
mx imail ip, this is your MX hostname, where internet sends mail or
mta imail ip, this is your MX hostname, where internet sends mail
These pb's are not the fault of your DNS airplane but in the cockpit.
When you say your running SimpleDNS, are you running it on
NS9.NETHIGHWAY.COM and NS8.NETHIGHWAY.COM?
# dig +norec @NS9.NETHIGHWAY.COM intolaw.com any
; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> +norec @NS9.NETHIGHWAY.COM intolaw.com any
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 23168
;; flags: qr aa ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; intolaw.com, type = ANY, class = IN
;; ANSWER SECTION:
intolaw.com. 1H IN SOA ns9.nethighway.com.
hostmaster.nethighway.com. (
2000111802 ; serial
1D ; refresh
1H ; retry
1w2d ; expiry
1H ) ; minimum
intolaw.com. 1H IN NS ns9.nethighway.com.
intolaw.com. 1H IN A 216.217.71.78
intolaw.com. 1H IN MX 10 www.intolaw.com.
intolaw.com. 1H IN NS ns9.nethighway.com.
ns8 is dead (having a non-responding NS will slow down your visitors
since 50% of the DNS queries will go to your dead one and have to
time out before the DNS client tries the another one), ns9 is in error:
1. drop the CNAME, use only A rec's. Like most people who are having
DNS pb's AND using CNAME's, you've screwed up your CNAME usage. Use
A records to get it working. Then if you insist, learn how to use
CNAME's, esp the numerous restrictions on them. Note that CNAME's
double your DNS traffic.
2. 1H TTL will get your DNS pounded. Move it to 1D when you get your
pb's fixed.
Len
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