There was an issue in which Hotmail (and MSN) DNS query responses had the truncation bit set (a long DNS response) causing the MX connect failed messages. This was fixed in 7.04.
Tripp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Choudhury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 12:03 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] Problem MX connects with Hotmail > > New to this list. Hi everyone. Have a bit of a problem which I'd be > grateful for any help or advice on. > > Have noticed recently a problem on an Imail installation (Imail 7.02 on > Windows 2K Server with dual NICs - one disabled with multiple virtual > domains) that is 4 months old that recently, attempts to send email to > hotmail.com are failing with a series of "MX connect fail" messages in the > log. Every now an then, an email gets through. > > Now when one of these events, occur, I can get through to the hotmail mx > server via telnet port 25. > > There is a knowledge based article about machines with dual NICs where you > should change the registry setting for each domain to have the correct IP > address but before I try this, can I safety trash the settings for virtual > domains ? > > Any help and advice would be much appreciated. > > > > Many thanks. > > > Hugh. > > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
