thx for kick in the rear, i'm not sure why i didn't realize that before
i figured it out quickly now though:
[root@pbgnw log]# dig mx pbgnw.com
; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> mx pbgnw.com
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; pbgnw.com, type = MX, class = IN
;; ANSWER SECTION:
pbgnw.com. 12H IN MX 10 216.157.10.110.
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
pbgnw.com. 12H IN NS ns1.granitecanyon.com.
pbgnw.com. 12H IN NS ns2.granitecanyon.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.granitecanyon.com. 1D IN A 205.166.226.38
ns2.granitecanyon.com. 1D IN A 204.1.217.148
;; Total query time: 181 msec
;; FROM: pbgnw.com to SERVER: default -- 209.213.96.2
;; WHEN: Tue Feb 20 17:21:13 2001
;; MSG SIZE sent: 27 rcvd: 139
[root@pbgnw log]#
thx again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henning Brauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: unable to recieve remote mail
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 01:26:27PM -0800, Webmaster wrote:
> > I'm fairly new at this, last week was the first time I had ever comfit's qmail.
>but it was working fine for a while, now we are
> > unable to receive any messages from remote hosts. Local mail works fine, and even
>sending mail to a remote host has no problems,
> > it;s receiving mail which is a problem. My first thought was that it was a dns err
>but I checked the mx record and it's accurate
as
> > far as I know:
> >
> > pbgnw.com. IN MX 10 mail.pbgnw.com.; EXTREF
>
> Thats not what dns gives out. Your MX points to 216.157.10.110.
> Two errors
> a) MX must always point to hostnames, not IPs
> b) there is nothing responding on port 25 on this machine
>
> > where can I look to figure out what's wrong? I followed law nearly exactly
>although I'm using splogger and procmail.
> > is there more info you need?
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Henning Brauer | BS Web Services
> Hostmaster BSWS | Roedingsmarkt 14
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 20459 Hamburg
> http://www.bsws.de | Germany
>
