Search Again: Re: advice From: Len Conrad Date: Monday, January 7, 2002 Time: 12:35:32 pm >domain in question: digitalfrontier.com > >Name server is ns1.digitalfrontier.com. > >I have an A record for lists.digitalfrontier.com pointing to the IP address >of a machine that is a list server. Like any 4th grader, I hate "word problems" :)) lists.digitalfrontier.com A ip.ad.re.ss >Do I also need an MX record for it, sure, why not? >pointing lists.digitalfrontier.com to lists.digitalfrontier.com in the >Param. field? lists.digitalfrontier.com. MX 10 lists.digitalfrontier.com. The common DNS mail errors are that MX records don't exist where they should, and then when the MX record exists, someone forgets to put in the A record for MX RDATA hostname, or put in an ip address for the MX RDATA field. Here's a typical report for today, so far, for a joke list server I manage: smtp 26 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for casagrande.com: 63.149.125.11 12 no MX host for cometmail.com has a valid A record 12 no MX host for konza.ixks.com has a valid A record 4 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for mrtc.com: 208.135.166.71 4 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for asapgroup.com: 205.152.200.2 3 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for tgtel.com: 208.157.10.23 3 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for tbaytel.net: 206.47.150.179 2 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for gilanet.com: 216.234.216.41 2 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for pdrpip.com: 207.108.255.251 2 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for helpmenet.com: 24.168.252.64 1 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for prtcnet.org: 208.135.166.72 1 mailer loop: best MX host for leading.net is local 1 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for kricket.net: 63.167.27.107 1 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for neovision.com: 206.98.234.8 1 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for drg4ibm.com: 192.168.3.225 1 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for ruralnet.org: 65.206.60.1 1 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for eastky.net: 204.68.227.107 1 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for drg4ibm.com: 208.233.106.35 1 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for cornhusker.net: 63.239.54.2 1 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for y2kcafe.cc: 204.49.74.10 1 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for kaleky.com: 207.247.24.244 1 numeric domain name in resource data of MX record for hci.net: 207.203.13.246 Len ___________________________________________________________________ Men & Mice: QuickDNS - DNS Expert - DNS Training - DNS Consulting DNS Classes: Maidenhead, 01/21-23/02, Frankfurt 02/13-14/02 http://www.menandmice.com/8000/8100_course_schedule.html

Messages In This Thread: advice by Karl Schroll on Jan 7, 2002 at 12:22:03 pm Re: advice by Len Conrad on Jan 7, 2002 at 12:35:32 pm Re: advice by Karl Schroll on Jan 7, 2002 at 2:27:27 pm Re: advice by Men & Mice Support on Jan 8, 2002 at 5:00:57 am