Re: [exim] mx selection (possibly off topic)

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Subject: Re: [exim] mx selection (possibly off topic)
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 09:59:02AM +0100, Ruairi Hickey wrote:
> Steven Wayne wrote:
>
> >On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 12:17:35AM +0100, Ruairi Hickey wrote:
> >
> >

<snip>
> >>Non-authoritative answer:
> >>councilofdirectors.ie mail exchanger = 10 193.1.207.2.
> >>councilofdirectors.ie mail exchanger = 20 ns.itnet.ie.
> >>councilofdirectors.ie mail exchanger = 99 mail-relay.it-tallaght.ie.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Hello Ruairi,
> >
> >It looks like you need to get your DNS records sorted out:
> >
> >10 won't work as it's an address.
> >20 isn't accepting smtp traffic
> >99 accepted smtp so Exim sent it there.
> >
> >Ask your DNS provider to make mail.itnet.ie your lowest DNS MX record. And
> >while you're at it, take your nameserver out of the MX list.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Steven.
> >
> >
> >
> Thanks for the help....
>     I didn't know mx records couldn't be ip addresses....


I didn't say that, I said it wouldn't work.

> It's not a domain under my control... just one the Head of the college
> sends email to....(it's always the important ones :-)
> I'll contact their IT department again and ask them to change it....


Good luck, I suspect you're not the first one to tell them.

Steven.

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