When you do not use SmartDNSHost, what is handling the DNS if the Windows machine handles it when you do?
Jeff --------- Original Message -------- From: xmail@xmailserver.org To: xmail@xmailserver.org <xmail@xmailserver.org> Subject: [xmail] Re: Problems with hotmail.com Date: 06/04/05 20:17 > This error looks a little different than the others who have had problems > with earthlink/hotmail/ etc. We never got a timeout error this way, and I > don't remember seeing it in the previous thread. > > To rephrase, on two subject windows servers, one NT & one 2000, with > different version of xmail, behave exactly the same. > > When smartDNShost is not used, we get the errors. When smartDNShost is > used, and pointed at the windows DNS server on the same machine as xmail, > the errors do not occur. > > It just doesn't seem correct to say that its a windows DNS problem since the > solution of the problem is to use a windows DNS server for smart host. > > According to Davide, xmail without smartdnshost, goes all the way to root > for its dns resolutions. It seems as if it were a Windows DNS problem, > setting smarthost to a windows DNS server would cause the problem, and not > solve it. > > Tony > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <xmail@xmailserver.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:28 PM > Subject: [xmail] Re: Problems with hotmail.com > > > > Not intending to start this thread up again, but everything I've read > > on the subject says this is somehow Windows related but I'm having a > > similar problem delivering to hotmail.com and msn.com, but my XMail > > (1.20) server is on Linux . > > > > I was getting this error as it cycles through the MX's. > > > > ErrCode = -5 > > ErrString = Timeout error > > SMAIL SMTP-Send MX = "mx4.hotmail.com." SMTP = "sougent.com" From = > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" To = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Failed ! > > SMTP-Error = "417 Temporary delivery error" > > SMTP-Server = "mx4.hotmail.com." > > > > I've worked around it by forwarding all mail to hotmail or MSN through > > my ISP but it'd be nice to know what's going on. > > > > Joe > > > > On Mar 23, 2005 4:23 PM, Dario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Forgot a few things: > >> - we are obviously talking about the original problem Edinilson reported. > >> - also any antispam, blacklisting or reverse resolution problem is > >> excluded. > >> > >> Dario > >> > >> > >> - > >> 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] > > > > > > > - > 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] > > ________________________________________________ Message sent using UebiMiau - Buehler Technologies 2.7.8 - 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]