On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Rob Arends wrote: > That setup is that the MX records point to smtp servers, and the A record > for the domain happens to have an smtp server running that does not accept > incoming mail. > > I know Xmail will try A record hosts if MX record hosts fail, but (I think) > the RFC says this should only be done if there are no MX records for the > domain, not if connection to them fails. (The validity of this point is not > relevant).
XMail sends to the A records if and only if the quesry for MX records fails. > The weird bit is that Xmail will be able send to the domain perfectly, until > some time passes, then it only resolves to use the A record host. A simple > restart of Xmail fixes the problem (until next time). > I have debugged the problem enough to know that the MS DNS that Xmail is > using for DNS lookups is presenting the correct data to xmail (packet trace > proves it) and it includes MX records. Xmail just doesn't use them. Again > I asked the list for assistance, which proved fruitless. Are you trolling or what? You never posted traces. - Davide - 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]
