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

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Author: Segree, Gareth
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To: 'exim-users@exim.org'
Subject: RE: [Exim] Mail rejected by host (RFC 1035)
Ok! sorry about the missing question. I pressed send too quickly.


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Wilson [mailto:prw@the-buddha.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:37 AM
To: Segree, Gareth
Cc: 'exim-users@???'
Subject: 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