Hey Pete: Maybe point your MX record at belial.ucdavis.edu? I know very little about this, but from looking at RECEIVED stamps on email:
Received: from web9102.mail.yahoo.com (web9102.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.128.239]) It looks like the exchanger knows about the DN and the IP, so if there is a DN that points to the correct IP, the DN is all it needs? I don't know why it's true, I only know what is :) I don't know why you would need a DN instead of an IP, but that is the way that our records come up: # nslookup > set type=MX > dminfo.com Server: xx.xx.xx.xx Address: xx.xx.xx.xx#53 Non-authoritative answer: dminfo.com mail exchanger = 5 mail.dminfo.com. Authoritative answers can be found from: dminfo.com nameserver = the.big.nameserver dminfo.com nameserver = another.big.nameserver. mail.dminfo.com internet address = xx.xx.xx.xx the.big.nameserver internet address = xx.xx.xx.xx another.big.nameserver internet address = xx.xx.xx.xx Seems a bit weird to me. HTH, jan --- Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > > oddly, i'm a newbie at this sort of thing... > > belial.ucdavis.edu is hosting the virtual domain roselug.org. i think i > set up the MX records correctly. at least, nslookup looks good: > > p@satan% nslookup > > set type=MX > > roselug.org > Server: 206.13.31.12 > Address: 206.13.31.12#53 > > Non-authoritative answer: > roselug.org mail exchanger = 60 169.237.43.86. <-- * correct IP * > > Authoritative answers can be found from: > roselug.org nameserver = A.NS.JOKER.COM. > roselug.org nameserver = B.NS.JOKER.COM. > roselug.org nameserver = C.NS.JOKER.COM. > A.NS.JOKER.COM internet address = 194.176.0.2 > B.NS.JOKER.COM internet address = 194.245.101.19 > C.NS.JOKER.COM internet address = 194.245.50.1 > > i reconfigured exim to include roselug.org as a local domain: > > local_domains = localhost:belial.ucdavis.edu:roselug.org > > yet mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is giving an error message which i > don't really understand: > > A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its > recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts: > it appears that the DNS operator for this domain has installed an > invalid MX record with an IP address instead of a domain name on the > right hand side > > ok, keep in mind i'm new at this sort of thing. what's going wrong? > why isn't an IP address ok to use on the "right hand side"? > > pete > > -- > GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech