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Author: Steve Haslam
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To: exim-users@exim.org
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim 4.10: "Could not complete sender callout check" for domain w/o MX and unpingable A RR
On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 03:09:16PM +0200, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote:

[Trying to find MX records for sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in]

> # mx sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in
> sagarika...in MX record currently not present <--- suggests timeout
> # host -t mx sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in
> sagarika...in MX record currently not present <--- suggests timeout
> # dig sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in mx
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in mx
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 17657
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
>                               ^^^^^^^^^ does NOT suggest timeout
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in.   IN      MX

>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> iisc.ernet.in.          10182   IN      SOA     iisc.ernet.in.
> postmaster.ece.iisc.ernet.in. 2180 10800 900 21100 11600

>
> ;; Query time: 4 msec
> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
> ;; WHEN: Mon Aug 26 14:20:40 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 96
>
>
>
> Still any ideas anyone?!


Hmm...

bash$ host -v -t MX sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in
Trying "sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in"
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 46530
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in.   IN      MX


;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
iisc.ernet.in.          10800   IN      SOA     iisc.ernet.in.
postmaster.ece.iisc.ernet.in. 2181 10800 900 21100 11600


Received 96 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53 in 1312 ms

Well, that doesn't tell us much...

bash$ host -t NS iisc.ernet.in
iisc.ernet.in name server iisc.ernet.in.
iisc.ernet.in name server ss585.ncst.ernet.in.
iisc.ernet.in name server naamak.ncst.ernet.in.
iisc.ernet.in name server e-iisc01.iisc.ernet.in.
iisc.ernet.in name server e-iisc02.iisc.ernet.in.
iisc.ernet.in name server ece.iisc.ernet.in.
bash$ host -v -t MX sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in iisc.ernet.in.
Trying "sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in"
Using domain server:
Name: iisc.ernet.in.
Address: 144.16.64.3#53
Aliases:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 5564
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;sagarika.aero.iisc.ernet.in.   IN      MX


;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
iisc.ernet.in.          11600   IN      SOA     iisc.ernet.in.
postmaster.ece.iisc.ernet.in. 2181 10800 900 21100 11600


Received 109 bytes from 144.16.64.3#53 in 731 ms

The domain name server listed in the SOA record is returning a
non-authoritative answer? (flags =~ /aa/) DNS admin-induced snafu.

SRH
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Steve Haslam      Reading, UK                           araqnid@???
Debian GNU/Linux Maintainer                               araqnid@???
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