>I just want to make sure that I am correct in my analysis that this can
only
>happen if [EMAIL PROTECTED] is sending mail from himself to himself
>through our mail server?
>affirmative, but the more general rule is that if a mail arrives from
>anybody at your server for anybody who is not on your server, it bounces.
I guess my question is, "Why isn't this particular transaction bouncing?"
All the other incorrect emails bounce.
>John, if your DNS is your own, loosen up and create some "functional"
>hostnames that document their roles.
All our other domains we serve primary DNS for and they are correct. This
one, we don't server primary for and YES, we need to.
John Cesta
http://www.cybersmarts.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Len Conrad
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 3:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Bouncing mail???
>10:28 14:08 SMTPD(0846009E) [140.247.165.200] MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>10:28 14:08 SMTPD(0846009E) [140.247.165.200] RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>10:28 14:08 SMTPD(0846009E) [140.247.165.200] ERR www.lookwww.com invalid
>user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
whoa, what's this? a mailhost named www.lookwww.com ?? Not
customary, mon cher iconoclast.
# dig lookwww.com mx
; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> lookwww.com mx
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; lookwww.com, type = MX, class = IN
;; ANSWER SECTION:
lookwww.com. 1D IN MX 10 www.lookwww.com.
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
lookwww.com. 1D IN NS lookwww.com.
and where's your 2nd ns record??
John, if your DNS is your own, loosen up and create some "functional"
hostnames that document their roles.
@
www
mail
ns
mail
smtp
pop
ftp
Have fun, go nutz, it's your domain, be Lord Cesta of the dominion.
In the Begining was the Host Word.
.... and your delegation is all messed up. DNS Expert disaster
survey sent by private mail.
>I just want to make sure that I am correct in my analysis that this can
only
>happen if [EMAIL PROTECTED] is sending mail from himself to himself
>through our mail server?
affirmative, but the more general rule is that if a mail arrives from
anybody at your server for anybody who is not on your server, it bounces.
>I have found, in his code that this was the case. I removed all the code
>that referenced this. I am 99.999% certain that ther e is no more code on
>our server that is doing this. I do know that a few of his POP accounts
that
>are domains on our server are being forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This
>can't do the above can it?
anything's possible. but no, in principle (always gotta hedge answers
with so many possbilities and so little hard).
Len
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