Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Graham H. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Well, I can send mail to cnmnetwork.com fine. telnet
> > cnmnetwork.com 25, and you'll get the MTA. However, domains
> > like aol.com, netzero.net, and probably many others, who
> > don't run MTAs on x.com, I can't reach.
>
> This is expected behaviour.
I realize that. I was just explaining the problem. Sure, I
didn't do the greatest job, but the effort was there. :)
>
> > Example: telnet aol.com 25. You'll get no response. It seems as if I have
> > to mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in order to get my
> > message across.
>
> It's not "some random server". It's the mail exchanger(s) for the domain in
> question. DNS records include this information. Use your favourite DNS query
> tool to retrieve the MX records for aol.com, for example.
>
I know this, too. I just didn't bother to look up AOL's MX
before sending that email. I apologize.
> qmail does this on its own -- if DNS isn't working, you shouldn't be able to
> send mail anywhere remote (well, except for those domains you've hardcoded
This is where my question of a local DNS server came in. Do
I have to run something like djb-dns on my machine? I
figured that I would be able to use my ISP's server. I'm on
dial-up, by the way.
> with smtproutes entries). Post the unedited output of qmail-showctl, log
> entries showing your problem, and a better summary.
>
Keep in mind I'm still new to qmail and not everything is
finished up yet. So don't laugh too hard at me. :)
qmail home directory: /var/qmail.
user-ext delimiter: -.
paternalism (in decimal): 2.
silent concurrency limit: 120.
subdirectory split: 23.
user ids: 1007, 1008, 1009, 0, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013.
group ids: 105, 106.
badmailfrom: (Default.) Any MAIL FROM is allowed.
bouncefrom: (Default.) Bounce user name is MAILER-DAEMON.
bouncehost: (Default.) Bounce host name is
chaotica.dyndns.org.
concurrencylocal: (Default.) Local concurrency is 10.
concurrencyremote: (Default.) Remote concurrency is 20.
databytes: (Default.) SMTP DATA limit is 0 bytes.
defaultdomain: Default domain name is dyndns.org.
defaulthost: (Default.) Default host name is
chaotica.dyndns.org.
doublebouncehost: (Default.) 2B recipient host:
chaotica.dyndns.org.
doublebounceto: (Default.) 2B recipient user: postmaster.
envnoathost: (Default.) Presumed domain name is
chaotica.dyndns.org.
helohost: (Default.) SMTP client HELO host name is
chaotica.dyndns.org.
idhost: (Default.) Message-ID host name is
chaotica.dyndns.org.
localiphost: (Default.) Local IP address becomes
chaotica.dyndns.org.
locals:
Messages for localhost are delivered locally.
Messages for chaotica.dyndns.org are delivered locally.
me: My name is chaotica.dyndns.org.
percenthack: (Default.) The percent hack is not allowed.
plusdomain: Plus domain name is dyndns.org.
qmqpservers: (Default.) No QMQP servers.
queuelifetime: (Default.) Message lifetime in the queue is
604800 seconds.
rcpthosts:
SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at
chaotica.dyndns.org.
morercpthosts: (Default.) No effect.
morercpthosts.cdb: (Default.) No effect.
smtpgreeting: (Default.) SMTP greeting: 220
chaotica.dyndns.org.
smtproutes: (Default.) No artificial SMTP routes.
timeoutconnect: (Default.) SMTP client connection timeout is
60 seconds.
timeoutremote: (Default.) SMTP client data timeout is 1200
seconds.
timeoutsmtpd: (Default.) SMTP server data timeout is 1200
seconds.
virtualdomains: (Default.) No virtual domains.
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May 23 03:51:51 port qmail: 990615111.703124 delivery 57:
deferral:
Sorry,_I_wasn't_able_to_establish_an_SMTP_connection._(#4.4.1)/
^^ There's an example from the logs. It's pretty self
explanatory. When I looked for an explanation I found it
meant exactly what it said, but I figured qmail would be
able to find MXs by itself. DNS for my ISP has had no
trouble, which is what cropped up the question "Should I run
a local DNS server".
Anyway, thank you all very much for the continuing help,
and I apologize again for any inconvenience.
-- Graham
