Didn't he say he was using an older version? So after the first 2 failures, yes it did
try the A.
Bob
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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:56:00 -0500
>
>>I hate to tell anyone they're wrong, but I think it might be something else,
>>Scott.
>>
>>"Connect gamehelper.com [208.5.112.230:25] (2)"
>>
>>That IP address is not a valid MX for the 'gamehelper.com' domain. Only
>>64.71.160.75 and 209.10.224.199 are valid IPs.
>
>Good catch -- we're actually both right. gamehelper.com's MX records are
>broken (rejecting mail at one server, while accepting it at another). But,
>as you point out, IMail was going to the wrong IP, so this was doomed to
>failure from the beginning.
>
>It sounds like the old IMail bug of going to the A record sometimes rather
>than the MX record.
>
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