We used to run Xmail on windows with MS DNS for some time. I don't recall ever having this problem.
Shiloh Jennings wrote: >We run XMail on Windows, but we use Bind on Windows instead of Microsoft >DNS. I do not think we have had any problems with yahoo and hotmail. Were >the people seeing this problem using Microsoft DNS or BIND? > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Jeff Buehler >Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:05 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [xmail] Re: messages to yahoo and or hotmail does not get delivered > > >I remember this topic too. The only thing I thought strange at the >time, and still do, is that many users of 1.21 are not affected by this >problem at all (myself being an example), and so there must be something >related in the systems of those who do have the problem. I am not >saying any of these things are the cause (I have no idea) but I remember >thinking that many (all?) were running Windows Systems and that many >were coming from outside the U.S.. Perhaps the problem is with the >Windows binary, or the way it interacts with Microsoft DNS? Maybe there >is something else related? It seems to me it might be helpful if people >with this problem published relevant system data so that we can see what >the commonalities are to isolate the problem... just a thought. > >Jeff > >Edinilson J. Santos wrote: > > > >>I'm using the same solution that Francis described without problems. >> >>Try to search in the list about this topic. I'm the first that related it >>few months ago. >> >>Edinilson >>--------------------------------------------------------- >>ATINET-Professional Web Hosting >>Tel Voz: (0xx11) 4412-0876 >>http://www.atinet.com.br >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "CLEMENT Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:22 AM >>Subject: [xmail] Re: messages to yahoo and or hotmail does not get >> >> >delivered > > >> >> >>This problem was previously reported on this mailing list. >>Seems (but not completly clarified/debugged at this time) 'xmail 1.21' have >>some problems with some 'domains' zones setup (hotmail and yahoo in most >>cases). >>Seems xmail or dns server or tcp stack ? finaly choose the domain A record >>and not the MX record for the domain in some cases ! even if a nslookup or >>dig get the correct response ... >> >>I had the same problem, and configured xmail to allways use a smtp gateway >>(a iis smtp server on another computer using the same dns server for final >>delivery !!) to temporary resolve sending to these domains (especialy >>hotmail ...) >> >>So, if you isp provide you a smtp gateway, tell xmail to deliver to it and >>let the isp smtp server do the job. >>Put this line in smtpfwd.tab (replace a.b.c.d with you isp smtp server) : >> >>"*" "a.b.c.d:25" >> >>As I said previously I have to get some tcp dumps to help understand the >>problem when xmail resolves by itself on these domains but my xmail server >>is in 'production' (for customers) and i can't test with it for this >>delivery problem so I need to find time to run another server on another >>'dummy' domain ... >> >>Francis >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>-----Message d'origine----- >>>De : David Lord [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Envoyé : mardi 30 août 2005 12:33 >>>À : [email protected] >>>Objet : [xmail] Re: messages to yahoo and or hotmail does not get >>>delivered >>> >>> >>>On 29 Aug 2005, at 3:33, jonn ah wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi all, >>>> >>>>we're using xmail's pop3 and smtp service but when we try to send >>>>messages to either yahoo or hotmail, the messages does not >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>seem to get >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>delivered...Is there a default blacklist list that xmail >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>automatically >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>throws out messages to yahoo or hotmail to /dev/null? using tail -f >>>>/var/log/messages gives me nothing...I can however, send to other >>>>domains without any problems... >>>> >>>>any ideas? >>>> >>>> >>>>thanks! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Possibly they both have tighter requirements on sender >>>authentication, RDNS, SPF etc. >>> >>>David >>> >>>- >>> >>> - 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]
