Re: [Exim] problem with email to aol.ca

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Author: Tabor J. Wells
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To: Jim Pazarena
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] problem with email to aol.ca
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 02:10:58PM -0800,
Jim Pazarena <exim@???> is thought to have said:

> When doing a dig on aol.ca I find _no_ MX record for them, just an 'A'
> record which points to www.aol.ca
>
> No wonder I get a disconnect ;-/
>
> The tech at aol tells me I should coax my mail server to speak to
> aol.com
>
> This is bogus is it not? Can someone confirm that their (aol) DNS really
> is incorrect, and in need to fixing _rather_ than my MTA ?


Yes, the tech at AOL is telling you crap. AOL accepts mail for hundreds of
domains. Take a look at the MX records for hbo.com and netscape.net. aol.ca
should probably look something like that.

When you say you spoke to a tech at AOL did you speak with someone at AOL's
postmaster group contact number/address (703 265 4670/postmaster@???
[IIRC]) or one of the first level tech support folks that help their end
users?

If it's the former, you should probably ask to speak with a manager since
they clearly shouldn't be handling email issues.

Tabor

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Tabor J. Wells                                     twells@???
Fsck It!                 Just another victim of the ambient morality