Marc Weigert wrote:
> When studying our iMail log files, we saw that some emails are relayed
> successfully and others fail.
>
> To all the "LEN"s here on the list, the following extract is from our iMail
> log files, including the failed session, it may be clearer to you what
> the cause of the problem is than us newbie administrators! ;)
Well I'm not Len but I'll give it a try :-)
> (note: sensitive parts of the log have been replaced by xxxxxx syntax)
I'm curious why you consider the mail server you're trying to send
to as sensitive? No one else will be able to see if it's reachable.
> ________________________________________________________
> 20010322 220126 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (queue run) 10 0 3
> 20010322 220126 127.0.0.1 SMTP (1128) C:\IMail\spool\Q3f6116c.SMP
> 20010322 220126 127.0.0.1 SMTP (1128) processing
> C:\IMail\spool\Q3f6116c.SMP
> 20010322 220126 127.0.0.1 SMTP (1128) Trying xxxxxxxxxxxx.com (0)
> 20010322 220147 127.0.0.1 SMTP (1128) MX connect fail "xxx.xx.xxx.xxx"
> 20010322 220147 127.0.0.1 SMTP (1128) Creating message from Postmaster
> 20010322 220147 127.0.0.1 SMTP (1128) finished
> C:\IMail\spool\Q3f6116c.SMP status=2
> 20010322 222600 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (05330128) [0.0.0.0] connect
> xxx.xx.xxx.xxx port 3238
> 20010322 222600 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (05330128) send error 10054
> 20010322 222600 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (05330128) send error 10054
> ________________________________________________________
"Trying xxxxxxxxxxxx.com" followed by "MX connect fail xxx.xx.xxx.xxx"
means for whatever reason your mail server can't reach xxxxxxxxxxxx.com.
Try pinging that address or telnetting to if *from* your mail server.
> ... and also;
> changing the server name and DNS from an old name to a new name. Is this
> part of the problem ?
>
> We think the problem may be to do with an incorrect configuration of the DNS
> on each server rather than being an iMail problem ...
Almost assuredly, IMail is reporting it can't reach xxxxxx.com. First question
is "xxx.xx.xxx.xxx" the correct IP for xxxxxxxxxxxx.com? If not, that's your
problem.
If it is correct it could be a routing problem, as I mentioned above, try pinging
to see if the routing is correct.
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