Re: [exim] One of my boxes can't send mail

On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 13:01 +0000, Steven Wayne wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 07:57:14AM -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > From: Michael Sullivan <michael@???>
> > To: Exim Mailing List <exim-users@???>
> > Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 07:57:14 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [exim] One of my boxes can't send mail
> >
> > On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 08:50 +0000, Steven Wayne wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 11:13:02AM -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > > > From: Michael Sullivan <michael@???>
> > > > To: exim-users@???
> > > > Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:13:02 -0500
> > > > Subject: [exim] One of my boxes can't send mail
> > > >
> > > > One of my boxes which was working a few days ago has stopped sending
> > > > mail. I found this test in the exim wiki:
> > > >

> > > > catherine ~ # exim -bt michael
> > > > michael@??? is undeliverable: Unrouteable address
> > > >     <-- michael@???

> > > >
> > > > Here's a more complete attempted transaction:
> > > >
> > > > catherine ~ # telnet localhost 25
> > > > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > > > Connected to localhost.
> > > > Escape character is '^]'.
> > > > 220 catherine.espersunited.com ESMTP Exim 4.67 Tue, 15 May 2007 11:00:49
> > > > -0500
> > > > helo test
> > > > 250 catherine.espersunited.com Hello localhost [127.0.0.1]
> > > > mail from: michael@???
> > > > 250 OK
> > > > rcpt to: michael@???
> > > > 550-Verification failed for <michael@???>
> > > > 550-Unrouteable address
> > > > 550 Sender verify failed
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Try sending from a valid address.
> >
> > michael@??? IS a valid address.
>
> No it isn't.
>
> $ mx catherine.espersunited.com
> catherine.espersunited.com MX record currently not present
>
>

> $ host catherine.espersunited.com
> catherine.espersunited.com      A       70.234.122.251

>
> $ telnet 70.234.122.251 25
> Trying 70.234.122.251...
> Connected to 70.234.122.251.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 catherine.espersunited.com ESMTP Exim 4.67 Wed, 16 May 2007 07:58:53 -0500
> helo power.net.uk
> 250 catherine.espersunited.com Hello baldman.power.net.uk [195.60.3.32]
> MAIL FROM:<>
> 250 OK
> RCPT TO:<michael@???>
> 550 Unrouteable address
> rset
> 250 Reset OK
> quit
> 221 catherine.espersunited.com closing connection
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>

Where'd you get the MX and host commands from? And how do I make it an
MX server? This is the info I have:

catherine ~ # mx catherine.espersunited.com
-bash: mx: command not found
catherine ~ # dig catherine.espersunited.com MX

; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> catherine.espersunited.com MX
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10357
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;catherine.espersunited.com.    IN      MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
catherine.espersunited.com. 10800 IN    MX      1
catherine.espersunited.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
espersunited.com.       10800   IN      NS      baby.espersunited.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
catherine.espersunited.com. 10800 IN    A       70.234.122.251

;; Query time: 5 msec
;; SERVER: 70.234.122.251#53(70.234.122.251)
;; WHEN: Wed May 16 08:05:38 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 95

>
> Steven.
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