Re: [Exim] Very odd problem -- Only recieves from sendmail

Following Xanders advice I changed the priority from 0 to 5 on the MX record
and tried the digs here are the results. Also I still cant recieve from my
ISP account. Also Xander if u could explain using BT's server to check I
would be much appreciated

TIA

; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> @ns2so.cg.shawcable.net mail.japplications.net.

;; global options: printcmd

;; Got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36957

;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;mail.japplications.net. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:

mail.japplications.net. 7060 IN A 68.146.225.144

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:

japplications.net. 7060 IN NS ns14.zoneedit.com.

japplications.net. 7060 IN NS ns15.zoneedit.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:

ns14.zoneedit.com. 3401 IN A 209.126.159.80

ns15.zoneedit.com. 169150 IN A 69.10.134.195

;; Query time: 116 msec

;; SERVER: 24.64.63.212#53(ns2so.cg.shawcable.net)

;; WHEN: Tue Sep 2 16:51:14 2003

;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 138



; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> @ns2so.cg.shawcable.net mail.japplications.net. mx

;; global options: printcmd

;; Got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1913

;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;mail.japplications.net. IN MX

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:

japplications.net. 7014 IN SOA ns14.zoneedit.com. dnsadmin.zoneedit.com.
1062400540 14400 7200 950400 7200

;; Query time: 76 msec

;; SERVER: 24.64.63.212#53(ns2so.cg.shawcable.net)

;; WHEN: Tue Sep 2 16:51:26 2003

;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 102



; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> @ns2so.cg.shawcable.net ns14.zoneedit.com

;; global options: printcmd

;; Got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59133

;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 5

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;ns14.zoneedit.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:

ns14.zoneedit.com. 3380 IN A 209.126.159.80

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:

zoneedit.com. 3380 IN NS ns1.zoneedit.com.

zoneedit.com. 3380 IN NS ns2.zoneedit.com.

zoneedit.com. 3380 IN NS ns12.zoneedit.com.

zoneedit.com. 3380 IN NS ns3.zoneedit.com.

zoneedit.com. 3380 IN NS ns4.zoneedit.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:

ns1.zoneedit.com. 140924 IN A 207.234.248.200

ns2.zoneedit.com. 140924 IN A 64.247.9.98

ns12.zoneedit.com. 140924 IN A 64.246.26.64

ns3.zoneedit.com. 140924 IN A 209.61.140.1

ns4.zoneedit.com. 140924 IN A 216.98.150.236

;; Query time: 130 msec

;; SERVER: 24.64.63.212#53(ns2so.cg.shawcable.net)

;; WHEN: Tue Sep 2 16:51:35 2003

;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 222



----- Original Message -----
From: "Xander D Harkness" <xander@???>
To: "Trevor Howe" <reXem@???>; "exim Users" <exim-users@???>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Exim] Very odd problem -- Only recieves from sendmail


> Trevor Howe wrote:
>
> >This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> >--
> >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> >If anyone remembers I was having trouble recieving outside mail well I
got my namersevers all pointed properly and I still dont have it working
100%. If I have friend use sendmail from his freeBSD machine (only setup as
far as install takes it) then it gets too me no problem. If I have him send
it from his ISP email I get nothing. I have no clue what is going on. Why
can I only recieve mail if its sent from sendmail?
> >
> >
> >
> I have seen this before and the problem was with DNS. The windows boxes
> were having difficulty picking up nameserver records. Even though port
> 53 was not firewalled they would routinely not properly report mx
> priority when they did manage.
>
> At the time I got round it by setting a script to query their name
> servers repeatedly (every hour or so) for the mx, and other data.
>
> You might find if you run:
>
> dig isp.com ns
>
> dig @ns1.isp.com ns14.zoneedit.com.
> dig @ns1.isp.com mail.japplications.net. mx
> dig @ns1.isp.com mail.japplications.net.
>
> at all the ISPs name servers that you will get your mail next time you
try.
>
> It might even be that windows DNS has a bug that requires MX priority
> greater than 0
>
> As a test for my own DNS I usually use BT's servers (ns1.bt.net) as it
> allows external recursion.
>
> Kind regards
> Xander
>