I had a problem (not getting about half my mail), but I think I have
found the problem and the solution, but I wanted to run it by the group
for confirmation (and to help anyone that may run into this in the
future):
The Problem
=========
As I said, some mail was getting through, and some wasn't. I could tell
by volume, and a couple friends said mail to me had bounced. One friend
said he got the message "...this host is not in my rcpthosts file" when
he sent mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
My rcpthosts file was:
--------
bluejava.com
investnetcafe.com
--------
The Search for the Cause
=================
I hadn't touched this file in a while, so I was surprised to hear this.
I check the tcpserver cdb file, permissions, etc. and it all looked
fine. 'telnet'ing to localhost port 25 and entering in the SMTP dialog,
it seemed to allow [EMAIL PROTECTED] just fine. I even removed the
RELAYCLIENT="" from local mail so I should be getting the same treatment
from SMTP as everyone else. It was taking the mail just fine. Baffled,
I added recordio to the SMTP command line (for those that don't know,
recordio allows you to record the complete SMTP conversation - great for
debugging!)
Examining the dialog, I noticed that the RCPT TO: line was "RCPT TO:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]" followed by the error message. Then I
remembered I had made a change to my zone file for DNS. My MX info
record was probably effected. Testing this I found indeed mail with
"RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" worked while "RCPT TO:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]" was rejected as a non-recognized host.
The Fix
=====
So, I changed my 'rcpthosts' file to this:
------------
bluejava.com
.bluejava.com
investnetcafe.com
.investnetcafe.com
-------------
and now things are working fine. I can receive mail with a rcpt to of
"RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" OR "RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Have others needed to do this? Is there a "Gotcha" here somewhere?
Thanks in advance. Sorry this was so verbose, I wanted it to be helpful
to others if possible.
-Glenn
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·.¸¸.·´¯`·. Glenn R. Crownover
·.¸¸.·´¯`·. Owner/CEO - Investor's Network Cafe
·.¸¸.·´¯`·. http://www.investnetcafe.com/
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