thanks jake, it indeed was a dns problem. it needed a loopback entry in
resolv.conf.
for some reason i had thought i was getting MX records for yahoo when I did
DIG...but actually I was not, I was not getting anything in the answer
sections..
all's well now !!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake Vickers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] mail not going out to yahoo.com
Robin K wrote:
1.
I needed a complete server for one of my sites and I tried to install it
my self. Everything is under control except
- When I try to send email to yahoo addresses, the mail bounces back with
this error
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at professor.xxx.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following
addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Sorry, I couldn't find a mail exchanger or IP address. (#5.4.4)
When I DIG yahoo.com, I do get the MX records...
Sounds like a buggy DNS somewhere. The first thing to double check (just
in case) is that you have a reverse DNS entry for your IP address. I know
AOl blocks you if you do not have a reverse DNS entry (check at
dnsstuff.com).
If you're still good, you may need to set a static route for your emails
to yahoo. There are pros and cons to this. Pros are that it will always
send to the server you want, doesn't bother with a DNS lookup, and is a
little speedier (IMO). Cons are that if the server that you choose to send
the emails to goes down, then the mail will NOT default to the next MX
record. There are a couple other pros and cons, but that gives you the
basic idea.
If I were going to do this on your machine, I would edit the
/var/qmail/control/smtproutes file, and add this:
yahoo.com:67.28.113.19
and then restart qmail. It will now send any messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to
the server located at IP address 67.28.113.19.
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