Autor: Dave C. Datum: To: Art Edwards CC: exim-users Betreff: Re: [Exim] Half an exim
Having re-read my own message, I've notice I mistyped the IP address
when connecting to your server. I've also read the other messages, and
see you've found your problem anyway. SO just disregard mine ;)
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Dave C. wrote:
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> Well, I've found the following oddity. Whatever is at the address given
> for your IP address, is accepting connections on port 25, and
> immediately closing them. (See below for the transcript) This doesnt
> seem right..
>
> The MX records are basically advertising to the world: "If you want to
> send mail to this domain, connect to this host", but you are then not
> accepting connections at that host from the world. If I tried to send
> mail to that host, my exim would try to connect there, and fail, and
> then it would fallback to the 20 MX.. Now, if you are not accepting
> connections from that host either, then no mail can ever get to your
> host...
>
> If you want al mail to go to the mail.thuntek.net host first, and not
> to go directly to "buckhill", you should remove it from the MX-list,
> and have an internal routing rule on mail.thunktek.net to route to
> you..
>
>
> $ dig icantbelieveimdoingthis.com mx
>
> icantbelieveimdoingthis.com. IN MX 10 buckhill.icantbelieveimdoingthis.com.
> icantbelieveimdoingthis.com. IN MX 20 mail.thuntek.net.
>
> $ telnet 206.206.9.132 25
> Trying 206.206.9.132...
> Connected to 206.206.9.132 (206.206.9.132).
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 421 eagle1.csi.cc.id.us Sorry, you are not authorized to make this connection.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
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> On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Art Edwards wrote:
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> > I should add that messages that are accepted by mail2.thuntek.net are
> > never delivered. They eventually time out.
> >
> > Art Edwards
> >
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