its a difficult question, I'm sure there is an answer to your question, and equally sure it is concerned with DNS, but I'm not sure what it is yet.. :-)
Watch this space.. d. > -----Original Message----- > From: jesseorg americas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 4:44 PM > To: James Users List > Subject: RE: send timeout: DNS A not MX record > > > > 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]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
