Well, I just tried sending a message from an Exchange 5.5 sp4 server to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and got back an immediate NDR with "551 User not local. Relaying not allowed". Kind of whacky, but certainly the lack of an MX record didn't cause any problems.
-Peter -----Original Message----- From: RBHATIA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 14:15 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: No MX Record ? No..I do have a PTR record -----Original Message----- From: Gonzalez, Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:18 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: No MX Record ? What about a reverse lookup PTR record. Maybe that's what you need. Thank you, Alex Gonzalez Senior System Administrator Handleman Company (248) 362-4400 ext. 4914 -----Original Message----- From: RBHATIA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:08 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: No MX Record ? This is the result of the NSLOOKUP > set type=any > houstonfearless.com Server: aiim-dom1.aiim.org Address: 10.0.0.8 Non-authoritative answer: houstonfearless.com primary name server = houstonfearless.com responsible mail addr = admin serial = 26 refresh = 900 (15 mins) retry = 600 (10 mins) expire = 86400 (1 day) default TTL = 3600 (1 hour) houstonfearless.com internet address = 65.204.137.153 houstonfearless.com nameserver = mas200.mekel.com houstonfearless.com nameserver = ns1.mekel.com houstonfearless.com nameserver = mas200.mekel.com houstonfearless.com nameserver = ns1.mekel.com If there is no MX Record for this domain, should they be receiving any email at all ?? -----Original Message----- From: EXTERN Hlabse Tony (Tek Systems;RBNA/CIT1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:11 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: No MX Record ? what does NSLOOKUP tell you. I do not have access to check for you. >-----Original Message----- >From: RBHATIA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 11:03 AM >To: Exchange Discussions >Subject: No MX Record ? > > >Hi, >I've been having problems sending email to users in a domain called >houstonfearless.com >The IMC queue states "Network error during host resolution". >I did some troubleshooting and it seems like the domain does >not have an MX >record. >I'm running Exchange 5.5. SP4 that is using DNS to send email >externally. >What's wierd though is that they are receiving email from >other people. I >even sent them a test message from my YAHOO account and they >received it. >Any ideas ?? > >_________________________________________________________________ >List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp >To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ This message is private or privileged. If you are not the person for whom this message is intended, please delete it and notify me immediately, and please do not copy or send this message to anyone else. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
