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>From Donovan Watts, received 16/6/99, 9:30 am +0100 (GMT):
Re: can''t reach my list server
From: Men & Mice Support
Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1999
Time: 3:03:00 pm
>> A few days ago I changed my name server to a different IP address. I
>> notified my ISP who is secondary. I also changed the host form with
>> Internic.
>>
>> All seems well except for one thing. Emails to my list server machine,
>> lists.websurfhawaii.com, are stacking up in the outgoing mail queues in
>> EIMS.
>
>lists.websurfhawaii.com doesn't have an MX record.
Actually, it would also work with an A record. Unfortunately, there is only
a CNAME record. Mail servers often don't like CNAME records. Every mail
server (including a list server, if it listens for SMTP traffic) should
have an A record, and there should be a PTR record that resolves back to
that name.
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