As no-one else has noticed any problems I'd be surprised if this was what was happening, but you may be right. I used James 1.2.1 for a long time before switching to james 2+ and never had any problems with SMTP
> -----Original Message----- > From: jesseorg americas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 2:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: send timeout: DNS A not MX record > > > 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]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
