On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 04:37:55AM +1100, Duncan McDonald wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Sackville-West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:33 AM > Subject: Re: Newbie question: Exim - trouble receiving incoming emails > > >okay, so I had to try this to learn and > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dig +short bigpond.com mx > >10 extmail.bigpond.com. > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ping www.bigpond.com > >PING www.bigpond.com (144.135.18.32) 56(84) bytes of data. > >64 bytes from 144.135.18.32: icmp_seq=1 ttl=233 time=212 ms > > >cool, but... > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ping extmail.bigpond.com > >PING extmail.bigpond.com (144.140.80.13) 56(84) bytes of data. > >64 bytes from extmail.bigpond.com (144.140.80.13): icmp_seq=1 ttl=234 > >time=364 ms > > >that's a different IP. looks to me like the MX record is wrong. > > >Am I doing that right? > > >A > > Hi Andrew, > > Bigpond.com isn't my site, it's the ISP that I have registered my domain > name with (ie encomium.com.au) and it seems to resolve fine via http, > ssh and ping.
well, I learned something anyway :) A
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