Re: [Exim] Mail rejected by host (RFC 1035)

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Segree, Gareth wrote:

> <lisad@???>:
> Connected to 192.9.200.7 but sender was rejected.
> Remote host said: 517-MX records for gleanerjm.com violate section 3.3.9 of
> RFC 1035.
> 517 Invalid domain, see <URL:ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1035.txt>

That's correct. The secondary MX for gleanerjm.com points at an IP
address, not a hostname. MX records should point at one or more A
records (not IPs and not CNAMES).

Paul