I corrected my issue of not being able to send to the IP address by upgrading Imail to ver 8.. Now I can send to the IP address.... (not sure if it was a version issue or if something in my config got reset by virtue of the upgrade...
I asked the ? About the exact match of the server name vs. reverse DNS vs. A record on this list earlier and it seems as long as the A record has reverse DNS, it is OK.. Regardless if they are not an exact match.. My server identifies itself as mail1.colony1.net but my reverse is mail.colony1.net (without the 1). Everyone seems to agree this is OK.. I have achieved delivering to AOL by running my mail through a gateway another mail server on a network I have in a different location.. It works fine through that server.. What # at AOL did you call to get someone who could help with this? Also, if you get any follow up on this, please post it. Adam -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kzwick Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 8:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Unable to deliver to AOL, continued.. and question about mail addressed to IP address Adam, I too am not able to send to AOL. I finally called them and asked them why. They said that I don't have a DNS reverse lookup, which I do. I can go to dnsreport, zoneedit and get replies by other ISPs on my IP address. They said they would hand it over to a technician and they would be in contact within 24 - 48 hours. :( I do have a question for the list. I have my mx records set up as mail.cribellum.com but my mail server answers as cribellum.com. I had reverse lookup records set up for cribellum.com and mail.cribellum.com pointing to the same IP. I know it is legal but I was wondering if they were blocking me because it returned both. I removed the mail.cribellum.com so only cribellum.com answers on the reverse lookup but will ISP's base the reverse lookup on the mx record or the host name of the email server? Any help would be appreciated. Keith ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Adam Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 07:25:41 -0400 >I have submitted by IP to be tested by AOL. > >However, reading AOL's info they specify that they will email the >results to root@ or postmaster@ the IP ADDRESS that you submit. And >they do not let you provide domains. > >My Imail config (7.x) will not accept mail addressed to the actual IP >address. Is there a config option to change this? I tried adding the >IP as a domain alias on the main domain, and that doesn't help.... > >Meanwhile, I still am unable to deliver mail to AOL.... > >Adam > >Colony One > > 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/ 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/
