>I am afraid, this is not correct.

I am not afraid, this is correct

>Levenfeld.com has MX record that points to mail.levenfeld.com

nope:

# dig levenfeld.com mx

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> levenfeld.com mx
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      levenfeld.com, type = MX, class = IN

>I personally set it up since I am the domain owner.

Internet can't see it:

# dig @DNS22.REGISTER.COM levenfeld.com mx

; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @DNS22.REGISTER.COM levenfeld.com mx
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      levenfeld.com, type = MX, class = IN


>I just double-checked it

so did I, double-check your double-checking

>through my registration point (www.register.com) and high priority MX points
>to mail.levenfeld.com

nope

>This server is in operation for about a year and I never had anyone
>complaining about not being able to send e-mail to this domain.

when there is no MX record, the sending MTA tries the A record, and 
your A is answering:

# telnet 209.187.140.237 25
Trying 209.187.140.237...
Connected to ip-140-237.gw.total-web.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 gt.levenfeld.com WebShield SMTP V4.5 Network Associates, Inc. 
Ready at Fri Feb 09 17:07:23 2001
quit
221 gt.levenfeld.com closing Connection
Connection closed by foreign host

Len


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