Not sure if this is exactly what you want me to do. ( but this should reflect how the local dns service is resolving the records for the email address that I want to send to, right? ) If it is resolving here, and my dns tag is set to 127.0.0.1, should James be able to get the information it needs to send it?
> set type=mx > yahoo.com Server: cdm-208-1-69-bcst.cox-internet.com Address: 208.180.1.69 Non-authoritative answer: yahoo.com MX preference = 1, mail exchanger = mx1.mail.yahoo.com yahoo.com MX preference = 1, mail exchanger = mx2.mail.yahoo.com yahoo.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx4.mail.yahoo.com yahoo.com nameserver = ns4.yahoo.com yahoo.com nameserver = ns5.yahoo.com yahoo.com nameserver = ns1.yahoo.com yahoo.com nameserver = ns2.yahoo.com yahoo.com nameserver = ns3.yahoo.com mx1.mail.yahoo.com internet address = 64.157.4.84 mx1.mail.yahoo.com internet address = 64.156.215.5 mx1.mail.yahoo.com internet address = 64.157.4.82 mx1.mail.yahoo.com internet address = 64.157.4.83 mx2.mail.yahoo.com internet address = 64.156.215.5 mx2.mail.yahoo.com internet address = 64.156.215.6 mx4.mail.yahoo.com internet address = 216.136.129.18 mx4.mail.yahoo.com internet address = 66.218.86.253 mx4.mail.yahoo.com internet address = 66.218.86.254 mx4.mail.yahoo.com internet address = 216.136.129.15 mx4.mail.yahoo.com internet address = 216.136.129.17 On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 14:49:13 -0500, Serge Knystautas wrote: >J. Norment wrote: >>Ah... so if I want to use the SMTP service, I have to be running a >>DNS server (not service) ? >>( name server addresses aren't direct enough access? ) > >Sorry, I got confused by bit about DNS service of XP. You were >right >the first time, a DNS service is a local DNS server, so if you set a >name server to 127.0.0.1, that should work. I'm not sure why the >name >servers that handle your domains wouldn't be responding. > >If you've got XP, I think you may have nslookup... can you run that >from >the command line, try to do MX type queries on the servers you're >specifying in james-config.xml and see if you get responses? Maybe >you're on a NAT'd network that's not letting DNS queries through or >something. Not really sure what the cause is, but if James is >trying >(and therefore failing) to connect to yahoo.com, I'm almost certain >it's >because it can't reach a DNS server. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
