send timeout: DNS A not MX record <rt>
<greeting>Please forgive me if this has already been addressed, I have been through every james-mailing-list and faq i could find with no resolution. I have upgraded my James to version 2.0a2. With this upgrade I am able to send mail for the first time since I started using James, more than a year ago. </greeting> <message> I believe that I am able to send mail to hosts who's MX record indicates the same name as the A name record Only. James sends mail to some hosts, and finds that the socket is slow opening, times out. Perhaps James is not talking to the correct host. Looking in the Mailet.log I find that when trying to send mail to hotmail.com, the log reads as if james is talking, or trying to talk to "hotmail.com". James should not be talking to "hotmail.com", as the MX record for this domain indicates somthing else is supposed to handle this mail; "mx11.hotmail.com", or "mx12.hotmail.com" etc. (15 names, starting mx01 ending mx15). James finds that SMTP port 25 does not open at hotmail.com and aborts the sending behavior. Same thing for any big email provider. Is James really trying to send mail to the A name record or is there something else I should look for? Is this a problem that I can resolve with my own DNS? My james configuration? Much obliged, Jesse Fabian </message> Jesse Forrest Fabian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Japan Voice 042-740-7520 090-6488-1405 070-648-72164 USA Voice 1-(212) 629-7550 Fax 1-(917)-421-8952 </rt> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
