At 11:53 7/14/2003, Michael Lugassy wrote: > > Yes, a lot thx. Your XMail machine cannot fire DNS queries *or* the target > > domain does not have neiher MX nor A records. > >My machine IS a DNS server as well, and the MX/A records are valid (I'm sure >because I can connect them and retrieve mail on them). > >What do you think?
Which flavor of OS are you running? Your mention of ASP makes me think it might be Windows. If so, try the following from a command prompt: nslookup set type=mx externaldomain.com exit And see what is returned. Here's an example of what it might look like, using my own domain: C:\>nslookup Default Server: karen.arisiasoft.com Address: 216.201.36.227 > set type=mx > arisiasoft.com Server: karen.arisiasoft.com Address: 216.201.36.227 arisiasoft.com MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.arisiasoft.com mail.arisiasoft.com internet address = 216.201.36.227 It's those last two lines that are important. If you see them, and an IP address is listed, then try (also from the command prompt): telnet <ip_address_from_nslookup> 25 helo test mail from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> rcpt to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quit And see what you get back for each one. Again, using my own domain as an example, your session might look something like this: C:\> telnet 216.201.36.227 25 220 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [XMail 1.16 (Win32/Ix86) ESMTP Server] service ready; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 11:09:59 -0400 helo test 250 arisiasoft.com mail from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 250 OK rcpt to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 250 OK quit 221 [XMail 1.16 (Win32/Ix86) ESMTP Server] service closing transmission channel Connection to host lost. C:\> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
