Re: [qmailtoaster] Problem with DNS temporary failure
Guillermo Villasana wrote: Hi guys I am having the following problem with this domain: msa.hinet.net every time I send an email to this domain I get: DNS temporary failure I checked my DNS and I do get several Any thoughts why? Maybe because they have all their MX records listed with 0 priority? You may need to set a static smtproute to get the messages to go through. Are you running an older version of QMT? It used to have a problem with lookups where the MX record pointed to a different domain name (in this case msa.hinet.net points to MX records located at hinet.net). - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [qmailtoaster] Problem with DNS temporary failure
Interesting query -- it took several checks to find the issue(s)... here's what I checked what I deduced: # dig ns msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 This querey for the nameservers for the given domain (from a Verizon DNS server) reported NO NAME SERVERS So, my assumption was that msa was a hostname on the hinet.net domain. But assumptions are bad, so I checked: # dig a msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 This query reported an IP address of 168.95.4.211, which means I MIGHT be right... but let's check further I tried: # dig mx msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 which returned 9 different mail servers (msa-mx[1-9].hinet.net.), but ALL of them had a weight level of zero. This strongly implies that msa.hinet.net is intended to truly be a sub-domain of hinet.net... so I checked for a separate zone file with: # dig soa msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 and I received an SOA record... but wait, it was the SOA record for hinet.net, not the sub-domain. So, what have we learned: 1) msa.hinet.net is not really a sub-domain for hinet.net. If that is what is desired, then a new zone file needs to be created, with a unique SOA and unique NS and MX records. 2) msa.hinet.net is (for now) a hostname (or more correctly, a Fully Qualified Domain Name: FQDN) -- but a hostname that has MX records (multiple) assigned to it (legal, but not completel legit) 3) The MX records for msa.hinet.net are incorrectly formated -- I'm not positive, but I don't believe a weight (or preference level) of zero is valid. Try a level of 10. I DO believe that having them all set to the same preference is legal -- it creates a round-robin effect (or at least is supposed to). So -- at a minimum, fix your MX record preference levels. However, appearances seem to favor that you're trying to setup a truly differentiated sub-domain of hinet.net, in which case your DNS zone file needs to be created and correctly referenced within your hinet.net zone file. I hope this helps someone! Dan Daniel McAllister, President IT4SOHO, LLC 224 - 13th Avenue N St. Petersburg, FL 33701 877-IT4SOHO: Toll Free 727-647-7646 In Pinellas 813-464-2093 In Hillsborough 727-507-9435 Fax Only When did you do your last backup? Ask me about unattended offsite backup solutions... to protect your business, not just your data! Guillermo Villasana wrote: Hi guys I am having the following problem with this domain: msa.hinet.net every time I send an email to this domain I get: DNS temporary failure I checked my DNS and I do get several Any thoughts why? Thanks Terius - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [qmailtoaster] Problem with DNS temporary failure
OOPS... I meant to include a link to a HOWTO for creating subdomain zone files (and creating the correct delegation) See http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch9/delegate.html I hope this helps... someone! Dan Daniel McAllister, President IT4SOHO, LLC 224 - 13th Avenue N St. Petersburg, FL 33701 877-IT4SOHO: Toll Free 727-647-7646 In Pinellas 813-464-2093 In Hillsborough 727-507-9435 Fax Only When did you do your last backup? Ask me about unattended offsite backup solutions... to protect your business, not just your data! Dan McAllister wrote: Interesting query -- it took several checks to find the issue(s)... here's what I checked what I deduced: # dig ns msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 This querey for the nameservers for the given domain (from a Verizon DNS server) reported NO NAME SERVERS So, my assumption was that msa was a hostname on the hinet.net domain. But assumptions are bad, so I checked: # dig a msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 This query reported an IP address of 168.95.4.211, which means I MIGHT be right... but let's check further I tried: # dig mx msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 which returned 9 different mail servers (msa-mx[1-9].hinet.net.), but ALL of them had a weight level of zero. This strongly implies that msa.hinet.net is intended to truly be a sub-domain of hinet.net... so I checked for a separate zone file with: # dig soa msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 and I received an SOA record... but wait, it was the SOA record for hinet.net, not the sub-domain. So, what have we learned: 1) msa.hinet.net is not really a sub-domain for hinet.net. If that is what is desired, then a new zone file needs to be created, with a unique SOA and unique NS and MX records. 2) msa.hinet.net is (for now) a hostname (or more correctly, a Fully Qualified Domain Name: FQDN) -- but a hostname that has MX records (multiple) assigned to it (legal, but not completel legit) 3) The MX records for msa.hinet.net are incorrectly formated -- I'm not positive, but I don't believe a weight (or preference level) of zero is valid. Try a level of 10. I DO believe that having them all set to the same preference is legal -- it creates a round-robin effect (or at least is supposed to). So -- at a minimum, fix your MX record preference levels. However, appearances seem to favor that you're trying to setup a truly differentiated sub-domain of hinet.net, in which case your DNS zone file needs to be created and correctly referenced within your hinet.net zone file. I hope this helps someone! Dan Daniel McAllister, President IT4SOHO, LLC 224 - 13th Avenue N St. Petersburg, FL 33701 877-IT4SOHO: Toll Free 727-647-7646 In Pinellas 813-464-2093 In Hillsborough 727-507-9435 Fax Only When did you do your last backup? Ask me about unattended offsite backup solutions... to protect your business, not just your data! Guillermo Villasana wrote: Hi guys I am having the following problem with this domain: msa.hinet.net every time I send an email to this domain I get: DNS temporary failure I checked my DNS and I do get several Any thoughts why? Thanks Terius - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [qmailtoaster] Problem with DNS temporary failure
Well the problem was that for some reason my mailserver was not reaching my DNS server for that specific domain, so I added another server to /etc/resolv.conf and it started working. I think it is odd though. Thanks Terius Jake Vickers escribió: Guillermo Villasana wrote: Hi guys I am having the following problem with this domain: msa.hinet.net every time I send an email to this domain I get: DNS temporary failure I checked my DNS and I do get several Any thoughts why? Maybe because they have all their MX records listed with 0 priority? You may need to set a static smtproute to get the messages to go through. Are you running an older version of QMT? It used to have a problem with lookups where the MX record pointed to a different domain name (in this case msa.hinet.net points to MX records located at hinet.net). - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [qmailtoaster] Problem with DNS temporary failure
thanks a lot, this was quite helpfull. and as I said before I used another DNS server that was able to find the domain and that helped. But as I don't manage that domain I am not sure what they are trying Thanks again Terius Dan McAllister escribió: OOPS... I meant to include a link to a HOWTO for creating subdomain zone files (and creating the correct delegation) See http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch9/delegate.html I hope this helps... someone! Dan Daniel McAllister, President IT4SOHO, LLC 224 - 13th Avenue N St. Petersburg, FL 33701 877-IT4SOHO: Toll Free 727-647-7646 In Pinellas 813-464-2093 In Hillsborough 727-507-9435 Fax Only When did you do your last backup? Ask me about unattended offsite backup solutions... to protect your business, not just your data! Dan McAllister wrote: Interesting query -- it took several checks to find the issue(s)... here's what I checked what I deduced: # dig ns msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 This querey for the nameservers for the given domain (from a Verizon DNS server) reported NO NAME SERVERS So, my assumption was that msa was a hostname on the hinet.net domain. But assumptions are bad, so I checked: # dig a msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 This query reported an IP address of 168.95.4.211, which means I MIGHT be right... but let's check further I tried: # dig mx msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 which returned 9 different mail servers (msa-mx[1-9].hinet.net.), but ALL of them had a weight level of zero. This strongly implies that msa.hinet.net is intended to truly be a sub-domain of hinet.net... so I checked for a separate zone file with: # dig soa msa.hinet.net @4.2.2.2 and I received an SOA record... but wait, it was the SOA record for hinet.net, not the sub-domain. So, what have we learned: 1) msa.hinet.net is not really a sub-domain for hinet.net. If that is what is desired, then a new zone file needs to be created, with a unique SOA and unique NS and MX records. 2) msa.hinet.net is (for now) a hostname (or more correctly, a Fully Qualified Domain Name: FQDN) -- but a hostname that has MX records (multiple) assigned to it (legal, but not completel legit) 3) The MX records for msa.hinet.net are incorrectly formated -- I'm not positive, but I don't believe a weight (or preference level) of zero is valid. Try a level of 10. I DO believe that having them all set to the same preference is legal -- it creates a round-robin effect (or at least is supposed to). So -- at a minimum, fix your MX record preference levels. However, appearances seem to favor that you're trying to setup a truly differentiated sub-domain of hinet.net, in which case your DNS zone file needs to be created and correctly referenced within your hinet.net zone file. I hope this helps someone! Dan Daniel McAllister, President IT4SOHO, LLC 224 - 13th Avenue N St. Petersburg, FL 33701 877-IT4SOHO: Toll Free 727-647-7646 In Pinellas 813-464-2093 In Hillsborough 727-507-9435 Fax Only When did you do your last backup? Ask me about unattended offsite backup solutions... to protect your business, not just your data! Guillermo Villasana wrote: Hi guys I am having the following problem with this domain: msa.hinet.net every time I send an email to this domain I get: DNS temporary failure I checked my DNS and I do get several Any thoughts why? Thanks Terius - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted http://www.vr.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
