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Author: necktwi
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] unable to send mails to subdomains - dnslookup defer
I just reply all the senders. Now I'm manually sending to the mailing list alone. Is that all you meant by basic mail etiquette? Please let me know. Below are the dig queries you've asked

host1:~ Necktwi$ dig host2.mydomain.com @ns2.zoneedit.com

; <<>> DiG 9.12.3-P4 <<>> host2.mydomain.com @ns2.zoneedit.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29850
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;host2.mydomain.com.      IN A


;; ANSWER SECTION:
host2.mydomain.com. 300 IN A 202.153.45.33

;; Query time: 277 msec
;; SERVER: 50.116.49.173#53(50.116.49.173)
;; WHEN: Mon May 20 12:09:27 IST 2019
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 64
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

host1:~ Necktwi$ dig MX host2.mydomain.com @ns2.zoneedit.com

; <<>> DiG 9.12.3-P4 <<>> MX host2.mydomain.com @ns2.zoneedit.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6594
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;host2.mydomain.com.      IN MX


;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
mydomain.com.    300   IN SOA   dns0.zoneedit.com. zone.zoneedit.com. 1558324701 43200 10800 604800 300


;; Query time: 481 msec
;; SERVER: 50.116.49.173#53(50.116.49.173)
;; WHEN: Mon May 20 12:11:01 IST 2019
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 103
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

host1:/ Necktwi$ dig MX host1.mydomain.com @ns2.zoneedit.com

; <<>> DiG 9.12.3-P4 <<>> MX host1.mydomain.com @ns2.zoneedit.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28404
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;host1.mydomain.com.     IN MX


;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
mydomain.com.    165   IN SOA   dns0.zoneedit.com. zone.zoneedit.com. 1558324701 43200 10800 604800 300


;; Query time: 459 msec
;; SERVER: 50.116.49.173#53(50.116.49.173)
;; WHEN: Mon May 20 14:21:02 IST 2019
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 104
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

host1:/ Necktwi$ dig MX mydomain.com @ns2.zoneedit.com

; <<>> DiG 9.12.3-P4 <<>> MX mydomain.com @ns2.zoneedit.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9824
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mydomain.com.         IN MX


;; ANSWER SECTION:
mydomain.com.    300   IN MX 10 host1.mydomain.com.
mydomain.com.    300   IN MX 10 mydomain.com.
mydomain.com.    300   IN MX 10 mail.mydomain.com.
mydomain.com.    300   IN MX 20 host2.mydomain.com.


;; Query time: 319 msec
;; SERVER: 50.116.49.173#53(50.116.49.173)
;; WHEN: Mon May 20 14:21:13 IST 2019
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 124
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

I've replaced actual hostnames with pseudo hostnames. I shall provide the exact hostnames if required.

Thank you.

... Necktwi

> On 19-May-2019, at 9:40 PM, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <exim-users@???> wrote:
>
> I don't need a copy sent direct; I read the mailinglist.
> Please use some basic mail etiquette. If Icloud is incapable
> of doing that, or makes it hard, you need to consider using
> a better provider.
>
> On 19/05/2019 16:15, necktwi via Exim-users wrote:
>> I'm sorry, I didn't get you; what do you mean by manually?
>
> I mean, use the "dig" or the "host" utility. Check for all
> of MX, A and AAAA lookups.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Jeremy
>
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