Will,
Thanks for your suggestion about checking the DNS to see if that is causing
my "MX Connect Fail" errors.
I just checked in my log files to see if the IP addresses that iMail is
contacting for delivery of mail are correct. They seem to be. For instance,
doing an nslookup on erols.com using its primary name server
(domain01.dns.erols.net) shows the following:
erols.com MX preference = 100, mail exchanger = mx05.erols.com
erols.com MX preference = 100, mail exchanger = mx06.erols.com
erols.com MX preference = 100, mail exchanger = mx01.erols.com
erols.com MX preference = 100, mail exchanger = mx02.erols.com
erols.com MX preference = 100, mail exchanger = mx03.erols.com
erols.com MX preference = 100, mail exchanger = mx04.erols.com
erols.com internet address = 216.164.100.159
erols.com nameserver = domain01.dns.erols.net
erols.com nameserver = domain02.dns.erols.net
erols.com nameserver = offsite01.dns.erols.net
domain01.dns.erols.net internet address = 207.172.3.20
domain02.dns.erols.net internet address = 207.172.3.21
offsite01.dns.erols.net internet address = 206.138.112.20
mx05.erols.com internet address = 207.172.3.245
mx06.erols.com internet address = 207.172.3.248
mx01.erols.com internet address = 207.172.3.241
mx02.erols.com internet address = 207.172.3.242
mx03.erols.com internet address = 207.172.3.243
mx04.erols.com internet address = 207.172.3.244
In the example from my iMail log that I included in my message, it shows:
07:22 23:51 SMTP-(000001CE) Trying erols.com (0)
07:22 23:52 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.245"
07:22 23:53 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.248"
07:22 23:53 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.241"
07:22 23:54 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.242"
07:22 23:55 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.243"
07:22 23:56 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.244"
So iMail went right through the list of MX preferences for the erols.com
domain and couldn't make a connection with ANY of 6 equally weighted mail
servers.
The same is true of several other mail deliveries that were attempted
unsuccessfully: when I check the DNS records, the MX records show up the
same as listed in my iMail logs. So it seems like iMail has the proper
addresses to connect to, but just can't connect.
Maybe I am misunderstanding your reference to DNS as a source of the problem
though. Thanks if you have a chance to get back on this.
Paul Sinclair
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Will Hall
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 1:09 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] "MX Connect Fail" driving me postal
>
>
> Have you contacted your ISP to see if they have made any changes to
> their DNS settings. Or if you know how their DNS was setup do and
> NSLOOKUP and make sure they are accurate..
>
>
>
> Paul Sinclair wrote:
> >
> > I'm having a run-in with my outgoing mail as described in an
> earlier message
> > I sent to the list. So far I haven't solved it. It is driving
> me nuts trying
> > to figure out why my iMail 5.0 server - after 5 months running
> without any
> > problems - is now unable to send outgoing mail.
> >
> > Every outgoing mail delivery is now resulting in errors, for example:
> >
> > 07:22 23:51 SMTP-(000001CE) Trying erols.com (0)
> > 07:22 23:52 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.245"
> > 07:22 23:53 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.248"
> > 07:22 23:53 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.241"
> > 07:22 23:54 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.242"
> > 07:22 23:55 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.243"
> > 07:22 23:56 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "207.172.3.244"
> > 07:22 23:56 SMTP-(000001CE) Stack connect fail "216.164.100.159"
> > 07:22 23:56 SMTP-(000001CE) Trying mediaone.net (0)
> > 07:22 23:57 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "24.128.1.118"
> > 07:22 23:58 SMTP-(000001CE) MX connect fail "24.128.1.114"
> >
> > The server was delivering fine up until roughly 9:30 Thursday
> morning. At
> > that
> > time I did a stop/restart of the system after trying to set up a virtual
> > host based on an external user database. I was having some
> trouble getting
> > the external database host set up and thought I needed to stop/restart.
> >
> > Other than this external database host I was trying to configure I don't
> > recall making any changes in my system that would cause these
> "MX Connect
> > Fail" errors.
> >
> > Thanks for any ideas on what to look at to solve this problem.
> >
> > Paul Sinclair
> >
> > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html
> > to be removed from this list.
>
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>
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> Monticello, IN.
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>
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