Re: [EXIM] "unrouteable mail domain"

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Lutz Pressler
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] "unrouteable mail domain"
On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Lutz Pressler wrote:

> 1998-04-15 16:19:39 0yPT2I-0006JK-00 ** webmaster@???:
> unrouteable mail domain "3mail.3com.com"
>
> Quick idea, anyone? (Domain/host names starting with numbers but not
> numbers only should be "legal" now, I think.)
>
> exim -bt webmaster@??? yields:
>
> webmaster@???
>   deliver to webmaster@???
>   router = lookuphost, transport = remote_smtp
>   host seattle.3com.com       [129.213.128.97] MX=10
>   host janus.3com.com         [129.213.128.99] MX=20
>   host seaweed.thirdcoast.net [209.116.84.10]  MX=100

>
> (That's exim 1.90 with no special configuration option I could connect
> with this behaviour.)


Try to send a message with debugging on.

exim -d9 webmaster@???
<message>
.

That will give information as to why it is failing. (I too believe that
domains starting with numbers are nowadays legal.)

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Philip Hazel                   University Computing Service,
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