We've seen this a number of times; a bounce message that says the user doesn't exist. However, checking the logs showed that we were being blacklisted by that system.
Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Leske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:51 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Second MX ignored in IMail 7.14 [new] > Yes.. true.. so I'm assuming that because I can send from 3 other email > domains, like hotmail.com, then they might also have us blacklisted. The > bounce recieved was that the user didn't exsist such as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > which would surely bounce. Either way I did catch the earlier posts > concerning the MX tx/rx/tx structure and we were fortunate enough to convert > them to our IMail system. > > Thanks Scott, > > ~Rick > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 3:05 PM > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Second MX ignored in IMail 7.14 [new] > > > > > > >I realize this Scott.. honestly.. but how come I'm still able to use a > > >hotmail.com account to send mail to the broken mx?.. and not IMail? Is > > >there a way I could force IMail to auto send to there secondary server? > > > > You're confusing this issue (a broken MX record) with the other "secondary > > MX ignored" issue. > > > > In this case, the problem is 100% on their end. What is happening is that > > IMail can't reach their primary mailserver for some reason (perhaps it's > > down, perhaps they have mistakenly blacklisted you, a temporarily glitch, > > whatever). IMail then *correctly* goes to the secondary MX record. The > > secondary MX record for the broken hswcorp.com domain says "That user > > doesn't exist" (which is why they are SEVERELY BROKEN). IMail then > > properly bounces the E-mail. > > > > The problem here lies completely with hswcorp.com, and nobody will debate > > otherwise. They have broken DNS that will cause a percentage of their > > E-mail from *anywhere* to get bounced. That's the same problem I warned > > all IMail users about a week or two ago. > > > > -Scott > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. > > > 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/ > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses] 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/
