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At 7:45 AM +0200 6/26/00, Johan Solve wrote:
Re: Slow MX-record resolving
From: Men & Mice Support
Date: Sunday, June 25, 2000
Time: 11:22:30 pm
>>At 6:47 PM +0200 6/25/00, Peter Schumacher wrote:
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>> EudoraPro v4.3.2 (Mac & Win) has problems with resolving the
>>>MX-records for some of my domains. It takes about 30-60 seconds,
>>>while 1 domain, it's less then a second. I compared the DNS-records,
>>>everything looks the same, I can ping them without a (bigger) delay.
>>>
>>>Any hints?
>>
>>Eudora (or any email client) doesn't read MX records. It just looks
>>at A and CNAME records.
>
>There is actually a setting in Eudora to use MX records when sending
>email. This is under the Hosts section of settings, or with this neat
>link:
><x-eudora-setting:190> When checked, Eudora will use MX records to
>pick the best host to exchange mail with. Works only with Open
>Transport.
OK, you got me there. But then, presumably, you need to have all your
mail servers configured to relay mail for authorized users; how does
a backup mail server authorize users? RADIUS?
>Try again! :-)
OK. If Eudora is configured this way, then check out your MX records;
an easy way to do this is to enter all your domains into DNS Expert
Pro and analyze them (possibly using a customized analysis setting,
to speed things up).
____________________________________________________________________
Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com
Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com
Makers of: QuickDNS Pro
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