Re: [exim] Callforward Verification

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Author: Mike Cardwell
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Callforward Verification
* on the Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 02:55:56PM -0000, Gordon McKee wrote:

> Thanks for your ideas but it still doesn't work. I am sure the DNS TTLs
> will have times out by now. On other interesting thing is if I telnet from
> my UNIX box to 123-reg and try to send a message that exim handles the
> domain from I get the following:


<snip 123-reg mx stuff>

It's probably still due to your DNS being broken:

rabies:/var/log/exim4# host -t mx gdmckee.com
gdmckee.com             MX      10 mail-1.gdmckee.com
gdmckee.com             MX      20 mail-2.gdmckee.com
rabies:/var/log/exim4# host -t ns gdmckee.com
gdmckee.com             NS      ns1.worldwidedns.net
gdmckee.com             NS      ns2.worldwidedns.net
gdmckee.com             NS      ns3.worldwidedns.net
rabies:/var/log/exim4# host mail-1.gdmckee.com ns1.worldwidedns.net
mail-1.gdmckee.com      CNAME   82.36.186.17
82.36.186.17 A record currently not present at ns1.worldwidedns.net
rabies:/var/log/exim4# host mail-1.gdmckee.com ns2.worldwidedns.net
mail-1.gdmckee.com      CNAME   82.36.186.17
82.36.186.17 A record currently not present at ns2.worldwidedns.net
rabies:/var/log/exim4# host mail-1.gdmckee.com ns3.worldwidedns.net
mail-1.gdmckee.com      CNAME   82.36.186.17
82.36.186.17 A record currently not present at ns3.worldwidedns.net


According to all three of your dns servers, mail-1.gdmckee.com is
pointing at three invalid CNAMES now. They should be A records.

123-reg's rejection may be due to that. I can't explain their lack of a
human readable rejection message though.

Mike