Thank you for your take on my predicament Danny.
Are there reasons that a larger system would not open a port for my domain, where a smaller one will? Perhaps because I have more than one domain zone for one IP address? Or maybe because each domain for this IP has a different MX record? Is this information that appears in the log simply an abreviation of the behavior, or is it a real picture - when it says talking to hotmail.com or yahoo.com is James really talking to the server with the MX record (MX11.hotmail.com, mail.yahoo.com etc.) and just writing yahoo.com etc. for intended readability of the log? My network seems fine, I can send mail manually with telnet, SMTP and POP. I have never been able to send mail with james 1.x, except one day I got lucky and a single outgoing mail got through, from portableroad.com to yahoo.com. This after thousands of tries. I have always been able to receive mail and send local mail. jesse ---- "Danny Angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As no-one else has noticed any problems I'd be surprised if this was > what > was happening, but you may be right. > I used James 1.2.1 for a long time before switching to james 2+ and > never > had any problems with SMTP > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jesseorg americas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 2:22 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: send timeout: DNS A not MX record > > > > > > send timeout: DNS A not MX record > > > > <rt> > > > > > > > > <greeting>Please forgive me if this has already been addressed, I > have > > been through every james-mailing-list and faq i could find with > > no resolution. > > I have upgraded my James to version 2.0a2. With this upgrade I am > able > > to send mail for the first time since I started using James, more > than > > a year ago. > > </greeting> > > > > <message> > > I believe that I am able to send mail to hosts who's MX record indicates > > the same name > > as the A name record Only. > > > > James sends mail to some hosts, and finds that the socket is slow > > opening, times out. Perhaps James is not talking to the correct host. > > > > Looking in the Mailet.log I find that when trying to send mail to > > hotmail.com, > > the log reads as if james is talking, or trying to talk to "hotmail.com". > > James should not be talking to "hotmail.com", as the MX record for > this > > domain indicates somthing else is supposed to handle this mail; > > "mx11.hotmail.com", > > or "mx12.hotmail.com" etc. (15 names, starting mx01 ending mx15). > > > > James finds that SMTP port 25 does not open at hotmail.com and aborts > > the sending behavior. Same thing for any big email provider. > > > > > > Is James really trying to send mail to the A name record or is there > > something else I should look for? > > > > Is this a problem that I can resolve with my own DNS? My james > > configuration? > > > > Much obliged, > > Jesse Fabian > > > > > > </message> > > > > > > Jesse Forrest Fabian > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Japan Voice > > 042-740-7520 > > 090-6488-1405 > > 070-648-72164 > > > > USA Voice > > 1-(212) 629-7550 > > Fax > > 1-(917)-421-8952 > > > > > > </rt> > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
