On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Jani Reinikainen wrote:
> Now, Exim works fine when sending e-mails, but I can't recieve any
> e-mails, they just disappear. I set log_smtp_connections to true in
> the config file, and it logs no incoming connections at all. The sent
> messages aren't bounced back to the sender either, and (obviously) I
> can't find them anywhere on this server.
>
> I'm guessing this is a DNS issue, since the mails do not get all the
> way to Exim? When doing a reverse DNS lookup my server's IP points to
> my ISP's hostname and not my domain (nothing I can do about that
> really), does this affect the mail routing in any way?
You haven't showed us how you tested. And you didn't give us the
hostname to try it ourselves.
Use dig to find any MX or A record for you new hostname.
dig your-new-host-name mx
dig your-new-host-name
This will tell you which server is responsible for the email.
Then use telnet to go its smtp port.
telnet ip-of-mail-server 25
quit
(And, you are not required to have a MX record.)
Jeremy C. Reed
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