I would guesss that would be the DNS server Imail using to query their DNS server.
What type of DNS is imail using. I am not a DNS guru but there are many on this list. Kevin Bilbee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] IMail bouncing back E-mail for no > stated reason > > > Just narrowing this down a bit... > > > http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=madriveraccess.com > > Seems that the receiving server's NS1 is down (times out), but NS2 is > alive and responding appropriately. IMail doesn't seem to be able to > query the second NS record after it receives a time out on > the first and > is bouncing the E-mail message without an error in the logs, but an > "Unknown Host" error in the postmaster message. > > Other servers from different platforms aren't being affected > it seems, > only IMail is definitely, (and possibly only my IMail installation). > Could it be that IMail isn't attempting to retry the lookup on the > second NS record before failing the message??? Or maybe there is a > error in the config of the name servers that is highlighting itself > through this behavior not experienced consistently across all > platforms? > > Matt > > > > > Matt wrote: > > > I'm trying to figure out what is going on with my E-mail > bouncing to a > > friend's server. IMail typically logs a reason, i.e. the > error code > > and response, but nothing appears for this one. The issue > is also not > > transient for me when it comes to this one domain, though a > test from > > a Web mail provider seems to have gone through or at least didn't > > bounce back yet. I can also send E-mail to other domains, just not > > this one. Here's my log snippet. > > > > 20050301 000309 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (f78d088800a21105) > > [208.7.179.200] connect ***My IP*** port 4218 > > 20050301 000309 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (f78d088800a21105) > [***My IP***] > > EHLO [***My HELO***] > > 20050301 000309 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (f78d088800a21105) > Authenticated > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], session treated as local. > > 20050301 000309 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (f78d088800a21105) > [***My IP***] > > MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 20050301 000309 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (f78d088800a21105) > [***My IP***] > > RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 20050301 000310 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (f78d088800a21105) > [***My IP***] > > F:\\Df78d088800a21105.SMD 1366 > > 20050301 000310 127.0.0.1 SMTP (f78d088800a21105) processing > > F:\\Qf78d088800a21105.SMD > > 20050301 000310 127.0.0.1 SMTP (f78d088800a21105) Creating > > message from Postmaster > > 20050301 000310 127.0.0.1 SMTP (f78d088800a21105) finished > > F:\\Qf78d088800a21105.SMD status=2 > > > > A telnet session to both of the receiving server's MX records works > > just fine (tested up until the DATA command would be sent). > I'm a bit > > stumped as to whether this is my problem or the other server's > > problem, and I would appreciate any insight into what > conditions might > > cause IMail to log nothing but return a message (DNS failure maybe). > > > > Thanks, > > > > Matt > > > > -- > ===================================================== > MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. > http://www.mailpure.com/software/ > ===================================================== > > > 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/
