Hi David, Yes, it works !!!
Very true my corporate network blocks port 53. But then the questions is why SmartDNSHost didn't work? Typical newbie error: Because I used "space" instead of "tab" between the name & value pair. Set it to the correct separator it works like magic again. Thanks for the patience !!! cheers, James > -----Original Message----- > From: Davide Libenzi [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 2:49 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [xmail] Re: smtp relay delivery delay? > > > On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, James Budiono NCS wrote: > > > What confuses me is that Xmail is saying: > > > MX records for domain "ncs.com.sg" not found, trying direct. > > While using nslookup actually resolves the MX records. > > Look, if you a configured DNS server in your machine, XMail will _not_ use > that one but it'll try to perform DNS queries by itself. If a firewall is > blocking outbound port 53 traffic, XMail will fail in its attempt. If you > have a DNS server configured in your network, you have to set it inside > the server.tab variable "SmartDNSHost". In this case XMail will use such > DNS server and won't try to perform queries by itself. > > > > - Davide > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
