XMail is RFC compliant. An MX record can not be an IP address, only an A record.
- Rolf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Reiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:33 AM Subject: [xmail] IP as MX Server Error > > To all, > For one of the accounts we manage we forward that users' email to > another mail server. Recently the other company's server must have > made some change to their MX records because mail is no longer being > delivered to them successfully (we get invalid server messages from > XMail). > > I've already contacted that company to make sure things are ok on > their end, but I also want to verify that settings on my end are > working as well. I have a suspicion that there may be a problem > either with my configuration or, potentially, a bug in XMail. Here > are the details. > > The domain we forward to is rlc.net. The MX record for that domain is: > > rlc.net. 5M IN MX 10 216.132.113.72. > rlc.net. 5M IN MX 10 216.132.113.71. > > Telneting to port 25 on either IP indicates that the servers are > active. For telnet 216.132.113.72 25 the server responds with: > > 220 mt-mailbast02.rlc.net ModusGate ESMTP Receiver Version 2.1.258.0 Ready > > However, I get messages back from XMail indicating their was a > problem delivering the message. One thing that makes me suspect it > may be an XMail error is the server string in the Error Email: > > Server: <216.132.113.71.> [216.132.113.71.] > > It seems to me that the trailing period shouldn't be there. The > actual error message is: > > << > ErrCode = -40 > ErrString = Invalid server address > ErrInfo = 216.132.113.72. > SMAIL SMTP-Send MX = "216.132.113.72." SMTP = "mercury.breezing.com" >From = > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" To = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Failed ! > SMTP-Error = "417 Temporary delivery error" > SMTP-Server = "216.132.113.72." > > >> > > Is this a problem with XMail, with my own configuration, or with the > target host's DNS configuration? > > Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Toby > > -- > Toby Reiter mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Breezing Internet Communications http://www.breezing.com > 1106 West Main St phone:434.295.2050 > Charlottesville, VA 22903 fax:603.843.6931 > - > 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]
