The site appears to be down from my location. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mike VandeBerg > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 2:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] www.dnsreport.com > > > Is anyone else having a problem getting to www.dnsreport.com? > I can ping it, but its not replying. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R. > Scott Perry > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] Please check your MX records to make > sure that backup mailservers accept your mail > > > A *lot* of IMail users have a very serious DNS problem, that > causes people to think they have gone out of business! > > Please take the time now to make sure that you do not have > this problem. > > I know you think this doesn't apply to you. However, we have > a tool that makes it very easy to see if you have this > problem. Just go to http://www.DNSreport.com and enter your > E-mail address (or any E-mail address on your domain -- > "postmaster@" is fine) in the "Mail Test" box on the right > side of the screen, and it will let you know if this problem > (or one of several others) applies to you. > > Specifically, many domains are set up with a primary MX > record and one or more backup MX records. This is a good > practice -- but only if the > backup(s) accept your E-mail. In many cases, they do not. > Several times a week we have E-mail that is sent to IMail > customer bounce with a "no such user" message because of this > problem (we're smart enough to find out that there really > *is* a user with that address, but few Internet users know > how to check). > > If your backup mailserver(s) do not accept your mail, the > problem is much, much worse than having just a primary MX > record. With just a primary MX record, if your primary > mailserver is down, most mail will get delivered when it is > back up (with a small percentage of mail possibly bouncing > with a "Host temporarily not reachable" message). With bogus > secondary MX records, people sending you mail will see "No > such user", which implies that the E-mail address is no > longer valid. In the case of sales@ or info@, people will > probably think you have gone out of business. > > -Scott > --- > 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)]
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