> >>It started yesterday, when anyone tried to email a user on my imail server >>it bounced back a notice; (Permanent Failure: >>553_sorry,_that_domain_isn't_in_my_list_of_allowed_rcpthosts_(#5.7.1) >> Delivery last attempted at Thu, 26 Dec 2002 05:53:50 -0000) >> >>I check the knowledge base to try to fix this and the only thing I found >>was the SMTP Reply Code >>553 - Requested action not taken: mailbox name not allowed >> >>I finally reboot and everything started working fine again. Can anybody >>give me an ideal why this happen and how I can profit this from happening >>again. > >http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/mail.ch?[EMAIL PROTECTED] shows that >your MX records are seriously broken (and, a reminder for everyone reading >this -- MAKE SURE YOUR BACKUP MAILSERVERS ACCEPT YOUR MAIL!). This is >probably one of the most serious common mailserver problems. It's serious >since it causes E-mails to bounce with "No such user" or other similar >messages (perhaps causing your users to think you are out of business), and >prevents the E-mail from being delivered (if you have a single MX record, >mail will at least be re-tried). It's common, because lots of people put >in MX records that either they shouldn't put it, or don't pay attention >when their ISP stops acting as a backup for them. > >In this case, you can fix the problem by removing the bogus MX records. > > -Scott
Scott, tell me if my thinking is off but I thought it would have been something on my mail server because when I reboot it fixed it. Craig >--- >Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. >Declude Virus: Catches both viruses and vulnerabilities in E-mail, with no >annual licensing fees. > >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
