On 12/16/02 at 09:05, Donovan wrote:
> Just for the lists information (and perhaps someone
> can clarify my confusion...)
>
> The problem ran a bit deeper. Its fixed now. What happened
> was that I had an old nameserver record registered with
> verisign that was the same as my mail server name.
> (ns1.ehg.net).
>
> Though this name server is not in use anymore (not primary or
> secondary) it some how must get accessed from the outside.
>
> After I changed the name server record to the correct IP, We
> Can now use it to send/recieve mail.
>
> I guess I didn't think the record would be touched if it was
> no longer a used nameserver. ??
Here's one possible scenario: If Verisign still has the old record as a name
server for an existing domain (ehg.net?), it will be given out by the TLD
servers as such. Resolvers might cache the bad (old) address for ns1.ehg.net
and use it when they find ns1.ehg.net as an mx.
> Donovan wrote:
>
> > Global Homes Webmaster wrote:
> >
> > > [snip]
> > > >
> > > > Failed to deliver your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> > > > SMTP: Connection is broken
> > > > Cannot speak with 'ns1.ehg.net.' for 2 hours.
> > >
> > > So ns1.ddbproductions.org _is_ trying to relay the message, but
> > > for some reason cannot connect to the server on the other end
> > > (ns1.ehg.net). Smells like a network problem rather than a relay
> > > restriction. If ns1.ddbproductions.org were refusing to relay, or
> > > if ns1.ehg.net were refusing the connection because of
> > > blacklisting, etc., the bounce message would say so. Is there,
> > > perhaps, a firewall somewhere along the way that's not letting
> > > packets through from ns1.ddbproductions.org?
> >
> > O.K., I now know why ns1.ddbproductions.org wont send the message. :-)
> >
> > Here is a brief explenation. Within our LAN at work we have a DNS server.
> > ns1.ehg.net is what we use to connect to our mail server.
> >
> > externally we use mail.ehg.net... both should be acceptable to use
> > externally but when I did a dns lookup on ns1 I recieved the wrong IP!
> >
> > guess that is what is going on. :-(
> >
> > Sorry for the inconvenience... just needed an extra pair of eyes to get my
> > eyes working.
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