Re: [exim] Callforward Verification

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Author: Gordon McKee
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To: Mike Cardwell, exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Callforward Verification
Hi

Many thanks for your replays. I have changed DNS and HUP'ed named and I get
the following now

dig mx optimalprofit.com

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2-P1 <<>> mx optimalprofit.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58537
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;optimalprofit.com.             IN      MX


;; ANSWER SECTION:
optimalprofit.com.      43200   IN      MX      10 mail-1.optimalprofit.com.
optimalprofit.com.      43200   IN      MX      20 mail-2.optimalprofit.com.


;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail-1.optimalprofit.com. 43200 IN      A       82.36.186.17
mail-2.optimalprofit.com. 43200 IN      A       81.138.243.242


;; Query time: 194 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Dec 18 20:55:44 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 113

Just need to wait for TTL's on 123-REG's servers to tim out now and I'll try
again.

Many thanks

Gordon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Cardwell" <exim-users@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [exim] Callforward Verification


>* on the Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 04:56:05PM -0000, Gordon McKee wrote:
>
>> I have an exim front end server and an exchange backend server. All
>> seems
>> fine except that I can't send emails to users on 123-reg's server. all
>> messages come back as:
>>
>> gordonmckee@???
>>
>> SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT
>> TO:<gordonmckee@???>:
>>
>> host mx0.123-reg.co.uk [195.224.48.120]: 550-Verification failed for
>> <gordonmckee@???>
>>
>> 550 Sender verify failed
>
> There's nothing there to suggest 123-reg's mx's are doing callouts. It
> might be failing because the MX records for optimalprofit.com are:
>
> mail-1.optimalprofit.com
> mail-2.optimalprofit.com
>
> These are cnames, yet should be A records.
>
> Just a guess.
>
> Mike
>
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