Please correct me if I am wrong (my understanding of DNS is not a thourough as I would like it to be) but doesn't a root request simply attempt to find the actual DNS for a given server? In other words, root doesn't provide the actual DNS but rather the location that the DNS request should be passed to, right?
So, thinking back over some of the previous email about this, has it been suggested that the problem is with the DNS request for the Hotmail/MSN domain, or that the problem is with the domain the sender controls - if with the Hotmail domain, then I follow your reasoning, but if there is a problem with the sending domain, then it would be your DNS that would be the responsible DNS for domain resolution, right? So, I can't remmeber (and don't have the mail) what the final thought was on the Windows DNS, but if you have a domain that is handled by yur DNS, and Hotmail or MSN make a request about that domain when mail is sent to them, and your DNS server has a problem (related to being Windows DNS) then might this be a problem, or do I have this all wrong? 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]
