In general, an MX record is not necessary if you have an A record. That's probably not your problem here.
Are you sure sendmail is running on the list server? Can you connect to port 25 on it? Is it properly configured to accept mail?
Dallas
On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 09:25 am, Sullivan, John wrote:
In my network I have a corporate mail server set up that handles all the
email for mlsnet.com
I have setup the RedHat box so I can send out email to newsletter subscribers - I didn't want to put the heavy load on my corporate mail server.
The RedHat box has sendmail on it and should be the box that handles emails
for lists.mlsnet.com (incoming should be delivered to this box)
Also the IP for this box is the 12.105.18.209 address referenced below.
I have an A record setup for lists.mlsnet.com - I do not have an MX record
setup for it though.
How do I set the box up so it handles all email sent to @lists.mlsnet.com?
Thanks for your help..
-----Original Message----- From: Dallas Bethune [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:21 PM To: Sullivan, John Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Do I need an MX Record
From the last error there, it looks like your mail server is trying to deliver mail for lists.mlsnet.com to an smtp server at 12.105.18.209. I don't know what server that is, but it needs to be running an some sort of smtp server to accept email. If that is not where the email should be going, then an MX record may be appropriate to point it to the appropriate location.
Dallas
On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 08:56 am, Sullivan, John wrote:
Hi all - I am having some problems sending out emails to my lists.
I have Red Hat 8.0
Sendmail
MailMan 2.0.1
I have a test lists set up with test users.
When a user subscribes to the list they get a confirmation from the mailman server but when they reply there email seems to just get lost.
When I send out an email to the list nothing gets delivered.
My server name is lists.mlsnet.com and my list is called 90minutes and I should be able to send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to send an email to all of the subscribers.
Here is some log errors from maillog file:
Mar 28 11:48:21 localhost sendmail[10484]: h2SGmKFc010484: from=root, size=388, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]
Mar 28 11:48:22 localhost sendmail[10486]: h2SGmLjh010486:
from=<
<http://lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/
compose?curmbox=F000000005&a=fa
f76a38f4023445548c138e0ad20419&mailto=1&[EMAIL PROTECTED]& m
sg=MS
G1048870350.86&start=1072965&len=2281&src=&type=x>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=577, class=0, nrcpts=1,
msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, proto=ESMTP,
daemon=MTA,
relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]
Mar 28 11:48:22 localhost sendmail[10484]: h2SGmKFc010484: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=30387, relay=localhost.mlsnet.com. [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (h2SGmLjh010486 Message accepted for delivery)
Mar 28 11:49:22 localhost sendmail[10488]: h2SGmLjh010486:
to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ctladdr=<
<http://lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/
compose?curmbox=F000000005&a=fa
f76a38f4023445548c138e0ad20419&mailto=1&[EMAIL PROTECTED]& m
sg=MS
G1048870350.86&start=1072965&len=2281&src=&type=x>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (0/0),
delay=00:01:01, xdelay=00:01:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30576,
relay=lists.mlsnet.com. [12.105.18.209], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred:
Connection
timed out with lists.mlsnet.com.
Do I need to have MX Records setup on my external DNS for this server?
Your Help is Appreciated...
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