Martin,
An MX record with an IP address is an invalid record. It MUST contain a FQDN
(Fully Qualified Domain Name, or in simple language, a REAL hostname), not
an IP!
I'd advise the contact in the SOA ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) of his mistake.
So your message gets through, send the email to the full name of the mail
server (do a Reverse Lookup on the IP), or use the IP address (ie:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Daniel Donnelly
Ipswitch Technical Support
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Jaggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 11:38 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] DNS Problem ?
> Hi Guys
>
> I have here a problem with Mail to another Provider. I think his DNS looks
> special...
>
> His MX points to a IP Address, but IMail delivers to the A Record of the
> zone name.
>
> 03:15 11:07 SMTP-(000000C1) Trying moorhauser.ch (0)
> 03:15 11:07 SMTP-(000000C1) Connect moorhauser.ch [157.161.105.79:25] (2)
>
> Here are the entries I found in DNS:
>
> moorhauser.ch, A, 157.161.105.79
> moorhauser.ch, NS, ns2.cybernetic.ch
> moorhauser.ch, NS, ns3.cybernetic.ch
> moorhauser.ch, SOA, ns1.cybernetic.ch, postmaster.moorhauser.ch
> moorhauser.ch, HINFO, PC, Linux
> moorhauser.ch, MX, 5, 157.161.105.117
> Additional Records Section:
> ns2.cybernetic.ch, A, 157.161.105.13
> ns3.cybernetic.ch, A, 157.161.105.14
>
> Waht's the problem ? Imail or the DNS ?
>
> Martin Jaggi
> Network Engineer
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