Re: [exim] dns timeout

On Feb 28, 2007, at 12:13 AM, Robert Fleming wrote:


> wally@???
> host lookup for mail.implicit.com did not complete (DNS timeout?):
> retry timeout exceeded
>
>

It would seem that the MXes for implicit.com have changed:

marco@mailsrv01:~$ host -t MX implicit.com
implicit.com mail is handled by 5 smtp.implicit.com.
implicit.com mail is handled by 10 smtp.oleane.net.

marco@mailsrv01:~$ host mail.implicit.com
Host mail.implicit.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)


> all smtp mail is handled by my smarthost router
> how can i reset so exim will start trying to route mail again?
>

I'd say that either your server is set to the wrong smarthost (if it
is set to mail.implicit.com), or the smarthost has a DNS cache issue,
depending on where the bounce came from.

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