Re: [qmailtoaster] CNAME lookup failed temporarily. (#4.4.3) error

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This is what I get... # dig mail.ru ; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-16.P1.el5_7.1 <<>> mail.ru ;; global options:  printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 25377 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 20, AUTHORITY: 6, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;mail.ru.            IN    A ;; ANSWER SECTION: mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.243 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.244 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.245 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.246 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.247 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.248 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.249 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.250 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.201 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.202 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.203 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.204 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.205 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.206 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.207 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.208 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.209 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.210 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.241 mail.ru.        60    IN    A    94.100.191.242 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: mail.ru.        600    IN    NS    ns4.mail.ru. mail.ru.        600    IN    NS    ns2.mail.ru. mail.ru.        600    IN    NS    ns.mail.ru. mail.ru.        600    IN    NS    ns1.mail.ru. mail.ru.        600    IN    NS    ns3.mail.ru. mail.ru.        600    IN    NS    ns5.mail.ru. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns.mail.ru.        600    IN    A    217.69.129.230 ns.mail.ru.        600    IN    AAAA    2a00:1148:1:1322::1:c0de ns1.mail.ru.        600    IN    A    94.100.179.159 ;; Query time: 79 msec ;; SERVER: 109.74.192.20#53(109.74.192.20) ;; WHEN: Mon Jun 25 20:14:36 2012 ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 512 On 25/06/2012 21:16, Postmaster wrote: On 24/06/2012 20:29, Maxwell Smart wrote: On 06/24/2012 11:18 AM, postmas...@seawise-chartering.co.uk wrote: Hello all, I am getting this error if I an e-mail is sent from qmail-toaster server. If I try to send an e-mail from any different server, the e-mail goes through without any issues. The error message comes up out of blue and an intermittent error. I suppose the problem could be with DNS? Any ideas please? =========== Hi. This is the qmail-send program at shestakovsky.me.uk. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. <taya...@mail.ru>: CNAME lookup failed temporarily. (#4.4.3) I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long. ============ Rgds Alex --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com It's definitely a DNS issue.   Is there a possibility that your ISP is blocking .ru addresses?  It resolves fine here. maxwell@tatiana:~> dig mail.ru ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> mail.ru ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 63467 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 20, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;mail.ru.                       IN      A ;; ANSWER SECTION: mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.242 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.243 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.244 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.245 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.246 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.247 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.248 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.249 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.250 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.201 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.202 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.203 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.204 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.205 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.206 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.207 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.208 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.209 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.210 mail.ru.                25      IN      A       94.100.191.241 ;; Query time: 16 msec ;; SERVER: 75.75.75.75#53(75.75.75.75) ;; WHEN: Sun Jun 24 11:28:36 2012 ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 345 Have you tried DIG from the offending machine?  Does it resolve? -- Thanks Max. This is the problem - yes, it does resolve and I have no idea what may cause this issue. Rgds Alex