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OK. I've added an A record lists.websurfhawaii.com for my List Server. I
Re: can''t reach my list server
From: Donovan Watts
Date: Thursday, June 17, 1999
Time: 9:26:00 am
already have another A record ns1.websurfhawaii.com for the same IP address.
This should be alright?
Alas, it's been about 8 hours since I changed my records and still the
emails in my EIMS outbox just sit there.
I can't believe I screwed this up so bad. My list server and email server
have always been such a non-issue. My hand's off time has made this a harsh
learning experience.
>>From Donovan Watts, received 16/6/99, 9:30 am +0100 (GMT):
>>> 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.
Aloha,
Donovan Watts
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