Actually, it's the DNS server IP address that we would need to check to see if it is
working properly.
-Scott
>Mail Server IP address is:
>
>208.179.251.150
>
>Only running on 1 NIC and is using my ISP's DNS. Domain is hosted at
>register.com and the settings seem to be correct.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 10:30 AM
>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Stack connect fail
>
>
>> > Could someone explain exactly why IMAIL has trouble sending email
>> > to major mail providers at times. My smtp fails all the time
>> > and must resort to sending through my default mail host.
>>
>> Often, the major mail providers have flaky mail servers that go down for
>hours/days at a time (@yahoo.com is the major problem).
>>
>> It sounds, though, like your problem may be something different. You
>should go to the Knowledge Base at http://support.ipswitch.com and enter
>"stack connect fail" (WITH the quotes), and look at the entries. If you are
>using 2 NIC cards, look at the first one. Otherwise, look at the second one
>and make sure your DNS server(s) are working properly.
>>
>> If you aren't sure if your DNS server is working properly, let us know the
>IP address, and we can check it for you.
>>
>> > I just set up my IMAIL server about 12 hours ago and my reverse
>> > DNS lookup has not yet propagated to all DNS servers. Is this
>> > why? Should I be patient and wait for reverse DNS to propagate?
>>
>> That probably is not the problem. Very few mail servers do reverse DNS
>lookups. If they do, they should not just "hang up" on you (which is
>happening here), they should return an error message.
>>
>> >Is there a setting I can check to make sure this is my problem? Many
>> >domains work, but the big ones seem to reject the most:
>> >
>> >i.e. @home.com, @yahoo.com, etc..
>>
>> It may just be them. You can check your logs to see the IP addresses that
>IMail is trying, and you can try connecting to them at port 25. If you
>cannot connect, then either your DNS server is returning the wrong IP
>address, or the @home.com or @yahoo.com server is down.
>>
>> >02:08 20:57 SMTP-(00000130) Trying yahoo.com (0)
>> >02:08 20:57 SMTP-(00000130) Stack connect fail "216.115.108.245"
>> >02:08 20:57 SMTP-(00000130) Stack connect fail "216.115.108.243"
>>
>> FYI, I didn't see those two addresses listed as MX records for Yahoo, but
>they look close to others. Yahoo's MX records are wacky; I just saw the
>same IP address listed as priority 1 and priority 2, which is just plain
>stupid (in my opinion).
>>
>>
>> --
>> -Scott
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