Re: [Exim] FW: Mail delivery failed

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Author: Dr Andrew C Aitchison
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To: Cory Daehn
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] FW: Mail delivery failed
On Mon, 26 May 2003, Cory Daehn wrote:

> Why is Exim getting locked in a mail loop when sending to mediaone.net?


Since it isn't leaving landau.labnet.com we would need to see config
or debug logs for that machine. Try
    exim -d -bt marcus_jones@???


> Their MX has a DNS address of 0.0.0.0 .. Any help would be appreciated.


0.0.0.0 is special, to might well cause problems, however the DNS entry
for mediaone.com looks OK to me right now:

% host -a mediaone.net
Trying "mediaone.net"
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10195
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 5

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mediaone.net.                  IN      ANY


;; ANSWER SECTION:
mediaone.net.           22846   IN      NS      ns1.zoneedit.com.
mediaone.net.           22846   IN      NS      ns2.zoneedit.com.
mediaone.net.           22846   IN      NS      ns3.zoneedit.com.
mediaone.net.           22846   IN      MX      0 mediaone.actwin.com.
mediaone.net.           22846   IN      MX      0 mediaone2.actwin.com.
mediaone.net.           28667   IN      A       216.116.200.129


;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
mediaone.net.           22846   IN      NS      ns1.zoneedit.com.
mediaone.net.           22846   IN      NS      ns2.zoneedit.com.
mediaone.net.           22846   IN      NS      ns3.zoneedit.com.


;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.zoneedit.com.       36938   IN      A       207.234.248.200
ns2.zoneedit.com.       36938   IN      A       64.247.9.98
ns3.zoneedit.com.       4379    IN      A       209.61.140.1
mediaone.actwin.com.    80446   IN      A       140.239.226.154
mediaone2.actwin.com.   80446   IN      A       140.239.226.147


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Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison        Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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