Re: [Exim] Problem sending email to a specific domain

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Susanne Bullo
CC: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Problem sending email to a specific domain
On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Susanne Bullo wrote:

> I attempted an internal delivery which worked and then an external one which
> also worked. But then I realized my external email message to test out this
> domain was from a domain residing on the server as well. So, I attempted to
> send a test email to the same domain using another email address not
> associated with the server at all and got these two messages (actually one
> was from a client and the second is what I received). What could be causing
> a "host name lookup failure" or "unrouteable mail domain"?


Problems in the DNS, I expect. I note that "thisdomain.com" is now
visible in the DNS:

thisdomain.com.          MX  5 mail.imagin.net.
mail.imagin.net.         A  207.18.228.7


At least from my system.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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