Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

[Cameron]

Well I'm registered at Register.com and updated all the fields I could find. 
I'm not real sure what the s.th is.


Cameron
- Original Message - 
From: "Andreas Galatis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself



Hi Cameron,

me too, I cannot find an MX for bstastjohns.com
Maybe you missed s.th. when setting up the MX?

bye
Andreas
Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 07:57 schrieb Cameron:
I just set up qmail-toaster on CentOS5, Core2 duo, 1 Gig ram machine with 
a

clean install. Everything looks fine now, but when I try to send a test
message to myself using the Squirrelmail interface, I get a "511 sorry,
can't find a valid MX for sender domain" error. I'm using a domain I own
that doesn't currently have a mail server set up. The domain is
bstastjohns.com and I have mail.bstastjohns.com A and MX records pointed 
to

a temproary public IP at 71.86.114.51. I can't send in messages form
outside either. I'm pretty new to Linux and really new to qmail so please
be gentle. When I ping mail.bstastjohns.com it resolves to the correct 
IP.

Any clues?

Regards,

Cameron


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Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

[Phil Leinhauser]

I see your DNS is at register.com.  You have an A record for your web site and 
that is working fine.  Now you need to setup the MX record because when I query 
the DNS for one, it comes back empty.   Look in your DNS control panel in the 
register.com where you setup the www.  You should see something about an MX or 
Mail Exchanger record.  

Phil


-Original message-
From: "Cameron" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:26:13 -0500
To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

> Well I'm registered at Register.com and updated all the fields I could find. 
> I'm not real sure what the s.th is.
> 
> Cameron
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Andreas Galatis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself
> 
> 
> > Hi Cameron,
> >
> > me too, I cannot find an MX for bstastjohns.com
> > Maybe you missed s.th. when setting up the MX?
> >
> > bye
> > Andreas
> > Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 07:57 schrieb Cameron:
> >> I just set up qmail-toaster on CentOS5, Core2 duo, 1 Gig ram machine with 
> >> a
> >> clean install. Everything looks fine now, but when I try to send a test
> >> message to myself using the Squirrelmail interface, I get a "511 sorry,
> >> can't find a valid MX for sender domain" error. I'm using a domain I own
> >> that doesn't currently have a mail server set up. The domain is
> >> bstastjohns.com and I have mail.bstastjohns.com A and MX records pointed 
> >> to
> >> a temproary public IP at 71.86.114.51. I can't send in messages form
> >> outside either. I'm pretty new to Linux and really new to qmail so please
> >> be gentle. When I ping mail.bstastjohns.com it resolves to the correct 
> >> IP.
> >> Any clues?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Cameron
> >>
> >>
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Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

[Cameron]

I've done that...about 6 days ago. I set it up to point to 
mail.bstastjohns.com and of course changed the A record for 
mail.bstastjohns.com to the current IP. Do I need to set up TXT records or 
add a PTR or is that more than I need?


Cameron
- Original Message - 
From: "Phil Leinhauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself


I see your DNS is at register.com.  You have an A record for your web site 
and that is working fine.  Now you need to setup the MX record because when 
I query the DNS for one, it comes back empty.   Look in your DNS control 
panel in the register.com where you setup the www.  You should see 
something about an MX or Mail Exchanger record.


Phil


-Original message-
From: "Cameron" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:26:13 -0500
To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

Well I'm registered at Register.com and updated all the fields I could 
find.

I'm not real sure what the s.th is.

Cameron
- Original Message - 
From: "Andreas Galatis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself


> Hi Cameron,
>
> me too, I cannot find an MX for bstastjohns.com
> Maybe you missed s.th. when setting up the MX?
>
> bye
> Andreas
> Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 07:57 schrieb Cameron:
>> I just set up qmail-toaster on CentOS5, Core2 duo, 1 Gig ram machine 
>> with

>> a
>> clean install. Everything looks fine now, but when I try to send a 
>> test
>> message to myself using the Squirrelmail interface, I get a "511 
>> sorry,
>> can't find a valid MX for sender domain" error. I'm using a domain I 
>> own

>> that doesn't currently have a mail server set up. The domain is
>> bstastjohns.com and I have mail.bstastjohns.com A and MX records 
>> pointed

>> to
>> a temproary public IP at 71.86.114.51. I can't send in messages form
>> outside either. I'm pretty new to Linux and really new to qmail so 
>> please

>> be gentle. When I ping mail.bstastjohns.com it resolves to the correct
>> IP.
>> Any clues?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Cameron
>>
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Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

[Jake Vickers]

Cameron wrote:
I've done that...about 6 days ago. I set it up to point to 
mail.bstastjohns.com and of course changed the A record for 
mail.bstastjohns.com to the current IP. Do I need to set up TXT 
records or add a PTR or is that more than I need?


Here is what is showing





 www.DNSreport.com  at 15:04:27 GMT
 on 15 Jan 2008.


CategoryStatus  Test Name   Information
Parent 	*PASS* 	Missing Direct Parent check 	OK. Your direct parent zone 
exists, which is good. Some domains (usually third or fourth level 
domains, such as example.co.us) do not have a direct parent zone 
('co.us' in this example), which is legal but can cause confusion.
*INFO* 	NS records at parent servers 	Your NS records at the parent 
servers are:


|dns010.d.register.com. [216.21.236.10] [TTL=172800] [US]
dns029.c.register.com. [216.21.235.29] [TTL=172800] [US]
dns062.b.register.com. [216.21.232.62] [TTL=172800] [US]
dns213.a.register.com. [216.21.231.213] [TTL=172800] [US]
|[These were obtained from c.gtld-servers.net]
*PASS* 	Parent nameservers have your nameservers listed 	OK. When 
someone uses DNS to look up your domain, the first step (if it doesn't 
already know about your domain) is to go to the parent servers. If you 
aren't listed there, you can't be found. But you are listed there.
*PASS* 	Glue at parent nameservers 	OK. The parent servers have glue for 
your nameservers. That means they send out the IP address of your 
nameservers, as well as their host names.
*PASS* 	DNS servers have A records 	OK. All your DNS servers either have 
A records at the zone parent servers, or do not need them (if the DNS 
servers are on other TLDs). A records are required for your hostnames to 
ensure that other DNS servers can reach your DNS servers. Note that 
there will be problems if your DNS servers do not have these same A 
records.


NS 	*INFO* 	NS records at your nameservers 	Your NS records at your 
nameservers are:


|dns213.a.register.com.
dns062.b.register.com.
dns029.c.register.com.
dns010.d.register.com.
|
*PASS* 	Open DNS servers 	OK. Your DNS servers do not announce that they 
are open DNS servers. Although there is a slight chance that they really 
are open DNS servers, this is very unlikely. Open DNS servers increase 
the chances that of cache poisoning, can degrade performance of your 
DNS, and can cause your DNS servers to be used in an attack (so it is 
good that your DNS servers do not appear to be open DNS servers).
*PASS* 	Mismatched glue 	OK. The DNS report did not detect any 
discrepancies between the glue provided by the parent servers and that 
provided by your authoritative DNS servers.
*PASS* 	No NS A records at nameservers 	OK. Your nameservers do include 
corresponding A records when asked for your NS records. This ensures 
that your DNS servers know the A records corresponding to all your NS 
records.
*PASS* 	All nameservers report identical NS records 	OK. The NS records 
at all your nameservers are identical.
*PASS* 	All nameservers respond 	OK. All of your nameservers listed at 
the parent nameservers responded.
*PASS* 	Nameserver name validity 	OK. All of the NS records that your 
nameservers report seem valid (no IPs or partial domain names).
*PASS* 	Number of nameservers 	OK. You have 4 nameservers. You must have 
at least 2 nameservers (RFC2182 
 section 5 recommends at 
least 3 nameservers), and preferably no more than 7.
*PASS* 	Lame nameservers 	OK. All the nameservers listed at the parent 
servers answer authoritatively for your domain.
*PASS* 	Missing (stealth) nameservers 	OK. All 4 of your nameservers (as 
reported by your nameservers) are also listed at the parent servers.
*PASS* 	Missing nameservers 2 	OK. All of the nameservers listed at the 
parent nameservers are also listed as NS records at your nameservers.
*PASS* 	No CNAMEs for domain 	OK. There are no CNAMEs for 
bstastjohns.com. RFC1912  2.4 
and RFC2181  10.3 
state that there should be no CNAMEs if an NS (or any other) record is 
present.
*PASS* 	No NSs with CNAMEs 	OK. There are no CNAMEs for your NS records. 
RFC1912  2.4 and RFC2181 
 10.3 state that 
there should be no CNAMEs if an NS (or any other) record is present.
*PASS* 	Nameservers on separate class C's 	OK. You have nameservers on 
different Class C (technically, /24) IP ranges. You must have 
nameservers at geographically and topologically dispersed locations. 
RFC2182  3.1 goes into more 
detail about secondary nameserver location.
*PASS* 	All NS IPs public 	OK. All of your NS records appear to use 
public IPs. If there were any private IPs, they would not be reachable, 
causing DNS delays.
*PASS* 	TCP Allowed 	OK. All your DNS servers a

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

[Cameron]

Could the strange hostname be causing the problem or is the PTR record? 
Eventually that machine will also host the mail.dot11net.com mail as well. The 
bstastjohns.com is really just for testing. How do I change the hostname. When 
I look at my network file here is what I get:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# more /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
NETWORKING_IPV6=yes
HOSTNAME=mail.bstastjohns.com
GATEWAY=71.86.114.49

Is there anohter place it needs to be changed?

Cameron
  - Original Message - 
  From: Jake Vickers 
  To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:06 AM
  Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself


  Cameron wrote: 
I've done that...about 6 days ago. I set it up to point to 
mail.bstastjohns.com and of course changed the A record for 
mail.bstastjohns.com to the current IP. Do I need to set up TXT records or add 
a PTR or is that more than I need?

  Here is what is showing






  www.DNSreport.com at 15:04:27 GMT on 15 Jan 2008.

Category Status Test Name Information 
Parent PASS Missing Direct Parent check OK. Your direct parent zone 
exists, which is good. Some domains (usually third or fourth level domains, 
such as example.co.us) do not have a direct parent zone ('co.us' in this 
example), which is legal but can cause confusion. 
INFO NS records at parent servers Your NS records at the parent servers 
are:

dns010.d.register.com. [216.21.236.10] [TTL=172800] [US]
dns029.c.register.com. [216.21.235.29] [TTL=172800] [US]
dns062.b.register.com. [216.21.232.62] [TTL=172800] [US]
dns213.a.register.com. [216.21.231.213] [TTL=172800] [US]
[These were obtained from c.gtld-servers.net] 
PASS Parent nameservers have your nameservers listed OK. When someone 
uses DNS to look up your domain, the first step (if it doesn't already know 
about your domain) is to go to the parent servers. If you aren't listed there, 
you can't be found. But you are listed there. 
PASS Glue at parent nameservers OK. The parent servers have glue for 
your nameservers. That means they send out the IP address of your nameservers, 
as well as their host names. 
PASS DNS servers have A records OK. All your DNS servers either have A 
records at the zone parent servers, or do not need them (if the DNS servers are 
on other TLDs). A records are required for your hostnames to ensure that other 
DNS servers can reach your DNS servers. Note that there will be problems if 
your DNS servers do not have these same A records. 
NS INFO NS records at your nameservers Your NS records at your 
nameservers are:

dns213.a.register.com.
dns062.b.register.com.
dns029.c.register.com.
dns010.d.register.com.
   
PASS Open DNS servers OK. Your DNS servers do not announce that they 
are open DNS servers. Although there is a slight chance that they really are 
open DNS servers, this is very unlikely. Open DNS servers increase the chances 
that of cache poisoning, can degrade performance of your DNS, and can cause 
your DNS servers to be used in an attack (so it is good that your DNS servers 
do not appear to be open DNS servers).  
PASS Mismatched glue OK. The DNS report did not detect any 
discrepancies between the glue provided by the parent servers and that provided 
by your authoritative DNS servers. 
PASS No NS A records at nameservers OK. Your nameservers do include 
corresponding A records when asked for your NS records. This ensures that your 
DNS servers know the A records corresponding to all your NS records. 
PASS All nameservers report identical NS records OK. The NS records at 
all your nameservers are identical.  
PASS All nameservers respond OK. All of your nameservers listed at the 
parent nameservers responded. 
PASS Nameserver name validity OK. All of the NS records that your 
nameservers report seem valid (no IPs or partial domain names). 
PASS Number of nameservers OK. You have 4 nameservers. You must have at 
least 2 nameservers (RFC2182 section 5 recommends at least 3 nameservers), and 
preferably no more than 7. 
PASS Lame nameservers OK. All the nameservers listed at the parent 
servers answer authoritatively for your domain. 
PASS Missing (stealth) nameservers OK. All 4 of your nameservers (as 
reported by your nameservers) are also listed at the parent servers. 
PASS Missing nameservers 2 OK. All of the nameservers listed at the 
parent nameservers are also listed as NS records at your nameservers.  
PASS No CNAMEs for domain OK. There are no CNAMEs for bstastjohns.com. 
RFC1912 2.4 and RFC2181 10.3 state that there should be no CNAMEs if an NS (or 
any other) record is present. 
PASS No NSs with CNAMEs OK. There are no CNAMEs for your NS records. 
RFC1912 2.4 and RFC2181 10.3 state that there should be no CNAMEs if an NS (or 
any other) r

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

[Dan McAllister]

Cameron:

If you are using SpamDyke, or another anti-spam, you may need to create 
a PTR record for your DNS: that is, make the Internet (Public) IP 
Address of your server reverse-resolve to something like bstastjohns.com 
(or, if you ONLY do mail on that IP Address, mail.bstastjohns.com -- I 
prefer the former).


The reason is that one commonly used anti-spam technique used today is a 
check for a valid reverse-dns entry.


NOTE that, unless your IP address is a Register.com IP address (e.g.: 
they are your hosting company for your server), you'll need to contact 
your ISP to make this PTR entry! The "pathway" for resolving an IP 
address's PTR entry goes through your ISP, not your domain name.


For now, I suggest removing any spam-blocking & making sure your ports 
are open (no iptables active, if necessary, ports forwarded through 
firewall/router).


Hope this helps!

Dan

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Cameron wrote:
I've done that...about 6 days ago. I set it up to point to 
mail.bstastjohns.com and of course changed the A record for 
mail.bstastjohns.com to the current IP. Do I need to set up TXT 
records or add a PTR or is that more than I need?


Cameron
- Original Message - From: "Phil Leinhauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself


I see your DNS is at register.com.  You have an A record for your web 
site and that is working fine.  Now you need to setup the MX record 
because when I query the DNS for one, it comes back empty.   Look in 
your DNS control panel in the register.com where you setup the www.  
You should see something about an MX or Mail Exchanger record.


Phil


-Original message-
From: "Cameron" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:26:13 -0500
To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

Well I'm registered at Register.com and updated all the fields I 
could find.

I'm not real sure what the s.th is.

Cameron
- Original Message - From: "Andreas Galatis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself


> Hi Cameron,
>
> me too, I cannot find an MX for bstastjohns.com
> Maybe you missed s.th. when setting up the MX?
>
> bye
> Andreas
> Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 07:57 schrieb Cameron:
>> I just set up qmail-toaster on CentOS5, Core2 duo, 1 Gig ram 
machine >> with

>> a
>> clean install. Everything looks fine now, but when I try to send 
a >> test
>> message to myself using the Squirrelmail interface, I get a "511 
>> sorry,
>> can't find a valid MX for sender domain" error. I'm using a 
domain I >> own

>> that doesn't currently have a mail server set up. The domain is
>> bstastjohns.com and I have mail.bstastjohns.com A and MX records 
>> pointed

>> to
>> a temproary public IP at 71.86.114.51. I can't send in messages form
>> outside either. I'm pretty new to Linux and really new to qmail 
so >> please
>> be gentle. When I ping mail.bstastjohns.com it resolves to the 
correct

>> IP.
>> Any clues?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Cameron
>>
>>
>> 
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[qmailtoaster] Invalid Email Address Error

[Chris Bird]

Hi,

 

Im moving a customers domain from an old qmail server to qmailtoaster
server, one of the email addresses is [EMAIL PROTECTED] but im getting an error
message from toaster admin saying "Attention! This error was detected:
Please type a valid EMAIL ADDRESS."

 

Can you have an email prefix that is only 2 letters long in toaster? Or is
there a way to allow it? Problem is it's the Director of that companies
email address and I know he'll throw all his toys out of his pram if he has
to change it! 

 

Thanks for your help!!

 

Chris

 

[qmailtoaster] qmaillist ezmlm warning

[Kent Busbee]

>From time to time I get the following warning from the qmail-list. It
seems like almost all messages come through fine.  I believe I have
DomainKeys configured correctly on my machine.  Could the problem be on
qmailtoaster-list or on the ones sending the email to the list?  What, if
anything should I do about it?

Thanks (not looking to point fingers or ruffle feathers, just curious).


 Original Message 
Subject: ezmlm warning
From:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:Tue, January 15, 2008 1:57 am
To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--

Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the
qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com mailing list.

I'm working for my owner, who can be reached
at [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Messages to you from the qmailtoaster-list mailing list seem to
have been bouncing. I've attached a copy of the first bounce
message I received.

If this message bounces too, I will send you a probe. If the probe bounces,
I will remove your address from the qmailtoaster-list mailing list,
without further notice.


I've kept a list of which messages from the qmailtoaster-list mailing list
have
bounced from your address.

Copies of these messages may be in the archive.

To retrieve a set of messages 123-145 (a maximum of 100 per request),
send an empty message to:
   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To receive a subject and author list for the last 100 or so messages,
send an empty message to:
   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Here are the message numbers:

   16421
   16475
   16489

--- Enclosed is a copy of the bounce message I received.

Return-Path: <>
Received: (qmail 10704 invoked for bounce); 3 Jan 2008 15:17:09 -
Date: 3 Jan 2008 15:17:09 -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: failure notice

Hi. This is the qmail-send program at ns2.qmailtoaster.com.
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.

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
User and password not set, continuing without authentication.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 207.29.217.10 failed after I sent the
message.
Remote host said: 554 DomainKeys verify status: no key   (#5.3.0)



Kent Busbee
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Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

[Cameron]

Ok, I set up a TXT record from some stuff I found online and that seems to 
have fixed my issue. Thanks for all the help. I'm sure I'll be asking 
more...


Cameron
- Original Message - 
From: "Dan McAllister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself



Cameron:

If you are using SpamDyke, or another anti-spam, you may need to create a 
PTR record for your DNS: that is, make the Internet (Public) IP Address of 
your server reverse-resolve to something like bstastjohns.com (or, if you 
ONLY do mail on that IP Address, mail.bstastjohns.com -- I prefer the 
former).


The reason is that one commonly used anti-spam technique used today is a 
check for a valid reverse-dns entry.


NOTE that, unless your IP address is a Register.com IP address (e.g.: they 
are your hosting company for your server), you'll need to contact your ISP 
to make this PTR entry! The "pathway" for resolving an IP address's PTR 
entry goes through your ISP, not your domain name.


For now, I suggest removing any spam-blocking & making sure your ports are 
open (no iptables active, if necessary, ports forwarded through 
firewall/router).


Hope this helps!

Dan

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Cameron wrote:
I've done that...about 6 days ago. I set it up to point to 
mail.bstastjohns.com and of course changed the A record for 
mail.bstastjohns.com to the current IP. Do I need to set up TXT records 
or add a PTR or is that more than I need?


Cameron
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I see your DNS is at register.com.  You have an A record for your web 
site and that is working fine.  Now you need to setup the MX record 
because when I query the DNS for one, it comes back empty.   Look in 
your DNS control panel in the register.com where you setup the www.  You 
should see something about an MX or Mail Exchanger record.


Phil


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From: "Cameron" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Well I'm registered at Register.com and updated all the fields I could 
find.

I'm not real sure what the s.th is.

Cameron
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> Hi Cameron,
>
> me too, I cannot find an MX for bstastjohns.com
> Maybe you missed s.th. when setting up the MX?
>
> bye
> Andreas
> Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 07:57 schrieb Cameron:
>> I just set up qmail-toaster on CentOS5, Core2 duo, 1 Gig ram
machine >> with
>> a
>> clean install. Everything looks fine now, but when I try to send
a >> test
>> message to myself using the Squirrelmail interface, I get a "511 
>> sorry,

>> can't find a valid MX for sender domain" error. I'm using a
domain I >> own
>> that doesn't currently have a mail server set up. The domain is
>> bstastjohns.com and I have mail.bstastjohns.com A and MX records 
>> pointed

>> to
>> a temproary public IP at 71.86.114.51. I can't send in messages form
>> outside either. I'm pretty new to Linux and really new to qmail
so >> please
>> be gentle. When I ping mail.bstastjohns.com it resolves to the
correct
>> IP.
>> Any clues?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Cameron
>>
>>
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Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

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Cameron wrote:
> Could the strange hostname be causing the problem or is the PTR record?

I think the PTR record is causing the problem. I'd get rid of it.
a) I don't believe that you need a ptr record
b) MX records *must* point to type A records, *not* PTR records.

I'm not familiar with register.com's web pages, so it's hard for me to tell
you specifically what's wrong. In general terms, you need a type A record
for your host, and an MX record which points to that host's type A record.

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Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

[Phil Leinhauser]

I have found that filtering mail that doesn't have PTR (Reverse) is not a good 
idea.  Most service providers don't give you the delegation for the reverse so 
therefore you have to contact them to set it for you in their servers.  This is 
mostly because most people just don't understand DNS forwards enough and 
reverse can be a bit more tricky.  Just because you may have PTR records in 
your DNS server does not mean you have the delegation for that IP or range.  In 
otherwords, it will only be effective for users on your own network, the 
Internet itself will not know about it.

If you decide to block by no Rdns, you should expect problems getting mail from 
some of the medium to lower level legitimate post offices.  In fact, I would 
bet better than half of the Qmail users here don't have their Rdns setup 
correctly and would be blocked by no Rdns filters.

Phil


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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:49:42 -0500
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> Cameron wrote:
> > Could the strange hostname be causing the problem or is the PTR record?
> 
> I think the PTR record is causing the problem. I'd get rid of it.
> a) I don't believe that you need a ptr record
> b) MX records *must* point to type A records, *not* PTR records.
> 
> I'm not familiar with register.com's web pages, so it's hard for me to tell
> you specifically what's wrong. In general terms, you need a type A record
> for your host, and an MX record which points to that host's type A record.
> 
> HTH
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[qmailtoaster] mail everone in a domain

[Cameron]

Is there a quick and dirty way to email everyone in a domain using qmail? 
Should I just set up a list and add everone to it? I have about 3000 
addresses in one particular domain I'm moving over form a windows platform 
and need to send out broadcast messages from time to time. What does 
everyone suggest?




Regards,

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Re: [qmailtoaster] mail everone in a domain

[ldwraith]

I wouldn't suggest a dirty way really.  The cleanest way to handle  
said action is the email list and add everyone to it.  That is pretty  
simple using qmailadmin. I'm not sure of any other way really.


Glen V.
Quoting Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:


Is there a quick and dirty way to email everyone in a domain using
qmail? Should I just set up a list and add everone to it? I have about
3000 addresses in one particular domain I'm moving over form a windows
platform and need to send out broadcast messages from time to time.
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Re: [qmailtoaster] mail everone in a domain

[Andreas Galatis]

With qmail you have the binary /home/vpopmail/bin/vpopbull
usage: vpopbull [options] -f [email_file] [virtual_domain] [...]
   -v (print version number)
   -V (verbose)
   -f email_file (file with message contents)
   -e exclude_email_addr_file (list of addresses to exclude)
   -n (don't mail. Use with -V to list accounts)
   -c (default, copy file)
   -h (use hard links)
   -s (use symbolic links)
To send to a whole domain:
/home/vpopmail/bin/vpopbull -f email_file virtual_domain.name 

If you want to setup a mailing list with all domain-accounts just use -V to 
list all accounts and feed that list to ezmlm for the mailing-list. (see man 
ezmlm-sub how to bulk- subscribe them to an existing mailinglist)

Hope that helps

Andreas



Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 18:27 schrieb Cameron:
> Is there a quick and dirty way to email everyone in a domain using qmail?
> Should I just set up a list and add everone to it? I have about 3000
> addresses in one particular domain I'm moving over form a windows platform
> and need to send out broadcast messages from time to time. What does
> everyone suggest?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Cameron
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Re: [qmailtoaster] Invalid Email Address Error

[Andreas Galatis]

as you can see from my sender-address: It is possible to have a 2- letter-long 
prefix. (Since years and on qmail). We have many clients with that type of 
addresses.

There must be another issue with your installation
andreas

Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 17:00 schrieb Chris Bird:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Im moving a customers domain from an old qmail server to qmailtoaster
> server, one of the email addresses is [EMAIL PROTECTED] but im getting an 
> error
> message from toaster admin saying "Attention! This error was detected:
> Please type a valid EMAIL ADDRESS."
>
>
>
> Can you have an email prefix that is only 2 letters long in toaster? Or is
> there a way to allow it? Problem is it's the Director of that companies
> email address and I know he'll throw all his toys out of his pram if he has
> to change it!
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help!!
>
>
>
> Chris

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Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

[Sam Clippinger]

Sorry, but I have to disagree with you.  You are correct: getting your 
ISP to delegate rDNS control can be difficult.  But ISPs are willing to 
do that for "business class" accounts.


On my own servers, approximately 30% of all connections are rejected due 
to missing rDNS.  I also filter connections whose rDNS names don't 
resolve to IP addresses -- that stops another 10%-30%.  Interestingly, 
the very few servers I've whitelisted have failed the second test 
(unresolvable rDNS), not the first.


I also use DNS RBLs, my own blacklists, rDNS name filtering (searching 
the rDNS name for the IP address) and graylisting to block more than 
99.9% of all connections.  My email address has been listed on public 
web pages and mailing list archives since 1997.  Spammers know who I am. 
 But thanks to the filtering I get, on average, 1 spam every day.


Of course every mail server administrator has to decide their own 
policies but it's worth mentioning that most of the big mail providers 
(AOL, Yahoo!, etc) filter based on missing rDNS.  That makes it easier 
to defend rDNS filtering if you get any complaints.


-- Sam Clippinger

Phil Leinhauser wrote:

I have found that filtering mail that doesn't have PTR (Reverse) is not a good 
idea.  Most service providers don't give you the delegation for the reverse so 
therefore you have to contact them to set it for you in their servers.  This is 
mostly because most people just don't understand DNS forwards enough and 
reverse can be a bit more tricky.  Just because you may have PTR records in 
your DNS server does not mean you have the delegation for that IP or range.  In 
otherwords, it will only be effective for users on your own network, the 
Internet itself will not know about it.

If you decide to block by no Rdns, you should expect problems getting mail from 
some of the medium to lower level legitimate post offices.  In fact, I would 
bet better than half of the Qmail users here don't have their Rdns setup 
correctly and would be blocked by no Rdns filters.

Phil


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Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself


Cameron wrote:

Could the strange hostname be causing the problem or is the PTR record?

I think the PTR record is causing the problem. I'd get rid of it.
a) I don't believe that you need a ptr record
b) MX records *must* point to type A records, *not* PTR records.

I'm not familiar with register.com's web pages, so it's hard for me to tell
you specifically what's wrong. In general terms, you need a type A record
for your host, and an MX record which points to that host's type A record.

HTH
--
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