Search Again: Mail problems From: David M. Cole Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 Time: 5:56:00 pm QuickDNSers: When I hit the 90-minute mark and can't figure out a problem, I actually go looking for the book (DNS & Bind, in this instance). Much to my surprise, it has grown legs and walked out of the office. So: I want to set up a second mail server (not secondary, but second) for a domain on a machine that has other services on it and is already named for a different domain. I make an MX record and get the error "a mail loop exists" when I send mail to the server; also, when a mail client is configured for SMTP with that name, it errors out. I try setting up a CNAME record and get an error in DNS Expert saying you can't have a CNAME and an MX record (which is beside the point, because now the mail says "the host doesn't exist"), but SMTP does now allow for signing on. Here are the specifics: machine: newsinc.net (209.249.83.182) desired mail server name: lists.jsa.org Please cc me directly; I'm on the digest. TIA. \dmc *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ David M. Cole dmc@colegroup.com Editor & Publisher: The Cole Papers; NEWSINC. V: (650) 994-2100 Consultant: The Cole Group <http://colegroup.com/> F: (650) 994-2108 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+

Messages In This Thread: Mail problems by David M. Cole on Oct 22, 1999 at 5:56:00 pm Re: Mail problems by Men & Mice Support on Oct 24, 1999 at 9:53:00 am