216.116.96.2 is the DNS server.
Thanks Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Stack connect fail
> 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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