Ben,
You may also want to ask if your DNS provider has your PTR record set
properly. I had similar problems and learned that many of the bigger ISPs
are checking for this record to verify that incoming email is not spam.
Lee
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 6:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [IMail Forum] Setup of MX records
OK, I think I've screwed up the MX records in my DNS Server, but I can't see
how. The point is that some people can get mail to us and others can't.
For
example, I was on this discussion list, and then the mail stopped coming.
The people at Ipswitch tell me that their mail bounces -- meanwhile, I am
getting mailing from other sources.
Here's what we have: the mail server and the primary DNS are -- for better
or
worse -- the same box. It's an NT Server 4.0 with SP6a, running Winnt DNS
service and IMail 4.07. The box has multiple IP addresses, so I treat them
as separate servers. That is, when someone asks for the name and IP of the
DNS server, I say:
bcw4.bcwebhost.net 208.8.150.202
When someone asks for our mail server, the answer becomes:
mail.bcwebhost.net 208.8.150.204.
I have a zone created for bcwebhost.net. This zone has the following
records, among others:
mail A 208.8.150.204
mail MX 208.8.150.204
MX 208.8.150.204
www A 208.8.150.223
A 208.8.150.223
bcw4 A 208.8.150.202
This is our own domain. Just for further information, if I setup a domain
for someone else, then the mail records typically follow this format:
(zone mycompany.com)
mail MX [0] mail.bcwebhost.net
mail A 208.8.150.204
MX [0] mail.bcwebhost.net
I've been reading everything I can on the subject, and I can't see what's
wrong with our DNS setup. As I said, I do receive mail all the time. On
the
other hand, I know that some people can't get through no matter what. For
example, anyone emailing via yahoo.com or aol.com works, but people using
hotmail mailboxes seem to have trouble getting through. And the worst is
that I can't get Ipswitch mail, including this discussion list.
So if there are any good DNS/MX masters out there, this simple student will
like some enlightenment.
By the way, if you need a test mailbox, my Ipswitch discussion list email
was
supposed to go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ben Bednarz
BC Web
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