On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 08:07:07AM -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> From: Michael Sullivan <michael@???>
> To: Exim Mailing List <exim-users@???>
> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 08:07:07 -0500
> Subject: 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:
apt-get install host
> 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
>
I get this:
$ dig catherine.espersunited.com MX
; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> @195.60.0.1 catherine.espersunited.com MX
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44499
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;catherine.espersunited.com. IN MX
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
catherine.espersunited.com. 600 IN SOA no-dyn-updates.san.yahoo.com. postmaster.san.yahoo.com. 2007050502 10800 3600 7084000 28800
I think you need to sort your DNS out.
Steven.
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