I'm using ns_.mydyndns.org for domain resolution (they inform me that they don't do recursive lookups, however, so I suspect it will do no good putting those name server addresses in as dns server entries.) I'm trying to send email from sourceapprentice.com (not soulinstinct.com); running nslookup, I get the following for sourceapprentice.com. ( It is the domain that the email is being sent TO that needs the MX resolution, right? -- I'm trying to send mail to a yahoo account: I posted that resolution in another email.)
The confusion is that (I assume) my local DNS service -- which is most likely accessing my service provider's DNS servers -- must be what is being used to resolve these addresses. I have an entry for 127.0.0.1 for my dns server in the config.xml file. What am I missing? > set type=mx > sourceapprentice.com Server: cdm-208-1-69-bcst.cox-internet.com Address: 208.180.1.69 Non-authoritative answer: sourceapprentice.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = sourceapprentice.com sourceapprentice.com nameserver = ns3.mydyndns.org sourceapprentice.com nameserver = ns4.mydyndns.org sourceapprentice.com nameserver = ns5.mydyndns.org sourceapprentice.com nameserver = ns1.mydyndns.org sourceapprentice.com nameserver = ns2.mydyndns.org sourceapprentice.com internet address = 208.180.8.234 ns1.mydyndns.org internet address = 66.151.188.45 ns5.mydyndns.org internet address = 66.151.188.46 On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 14:55:38 -0500, Noel J. Bergman wrote: >>Ah... so if I want to use the SMTP service, I have to be running a >>DNS >server (not service) ? > >No, but you do need to configure a dns server entry in config.xml so >that >the mail server knows whom to contact to lookup MX records. > >When you tell the mail server to deliver e-mail to jnorment @ >soulinstinct.com, the mail server needs to find the MX record for >soulinstinct.com. �Here is what it looks like if I do it by hand: > >>set q=mx >>soulinstinct.com > >Non-authoritative answer: >soulinstinct.com � � � �MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = >mx2.daemonmail.net >soulinstinct.com � � � �MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = >mx3.daemonmail.net >soulinstinct.com � � � �MX preference = 30, mail exchanger = >mx1.daemonmail.net > >So I see that you have three possible mail servers of differing >priority, >each handled by daemonmail.net. �Two of them are of equal priority, >and >probably load balance. �The third serves as a backup. > >See: http://www.webville.net/DNSinfo.htm > >����--- Noel > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: � <mailto:james-user- >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:james-user- >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
