This was caused by an older HOSTS file fix I had to do for MSN.COM. Previous HOSTS fixes coming back to bite me.
I'm not trying to be rude about this issue, I just don't know what we are expected to do, all I want is a fix for this. I hear the reasons it happens, and thats fine, but I just want to know, how can I fix this? Do you have a suggestion of something we can do so we don't have this continous problem? Or do you just let your Customers suffer until the other mail server is fixed, with the reasoning, "Hey! It's not our fault!" Bralynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] MSN, HOSTS, and MX.. oh my! > > >msn.com MX records funky.. primary going up and down, second staying down, > >third seems reliable. > > Actually, http://www.DNSstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=msn.com&type=MX > shows that MSN has 4 MX > records. http://www.DNSreport.com/tools/mail.ch?domain=msn.com shows that > they have a total of 10 different IPs between the 4. However, all of them > have the same preference value, so there are no primaries or > secondaries/backups. They are all primaries. > > >Time to update the HOSTS files boys.. > > Why? There should be no need in this case. > > >Mail server mx3.hotmail.com [65.54.254.140] answers on port 25.. > > > >Seems to be working. ^^ > > Using the Mail Test tool at http://www.DNSreport.com right now shows that 8 > of the 10 mailservers for msn.com are up and running right now. > > So mail to msn.com mail be slowed down a bit, but delivery certainly should > be possible. > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. > Declude Virus: Catches both viruses and vulnerabilities in E-mail, with no > annual licensing fees. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > [Scanned by AwesomeNet Anti-Virus] > > [Scanned by AwesomeNet Anti-Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
