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Date:  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:09:16 +0200
From:  "Thomas Petersen" <thomasp (at mark) nsd.dk>
Subject:  [coba-e:13704] SV:  Re: email problem
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <9F53BC8B262C094584564DA92BB164A40EDEB4 (at mark) server.nsd.local>
In-Reply-To:  <200808071828.01105.lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net>
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-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Larry Smith [mailto:lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net] 
Sendt: 8. august 2008 01:28
Til: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Emne: [coba-e:13700] Re: email problem

On Thu August 7 2008 18:14, Everard Brown wrote:
> On Thursday August 7, 2008, Larry Smith wrote:
> > On Thu August 7 2008 15:57, Tony Loosle wrote:
> > > On 8/7/2008 at 12:24 PM Larry Smith wrote:
> > > >On Thu August 7 2008 12:05, Tony Loosle wrote:
> > > >> I have a few bq servers.  My main domain is s1i.net, so I name
them,
> > > >> bq01.s1i.net, bq02.s1i.net, etc.
> > > >>
> > > >> I do not run email on any of my bq servers.   Yet, I do need
web
> > > >> pages, forms etc. to go to email.  So if I use and email on a
bq
> > > >> server that
> > > >
> > > >wants
> > > >
> > > >> to goto say, tony (at mark) s1i.net, then the server chokes and says that
> > > >> email is not on this server?
> > > >>
> > > >> I have email disabled from the gui on the servers but still get
> > > >> errors.
> > > >>
> > > >> Can I edit some file so that email will leave the server?
> > > >>
> > > >> tony
> > > >
> > > >If you are actually "sli.net" then your problem is that sli.net
does
> > > >not have any MX records so the box does not know what to do with
> > > >the mail.  Assign an MX record and the box should automatically
pick
> > > >that up and deliver accordingly. (as long as you have nothing in
the
> > > >mail boxes for any domain).
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >Larry Smith
> > > >lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net
> > >
> > > i do have mx records setup for s1i.net.  The dns is ran on other
> > > servers.
> > >
> > > here is an example of a returned message:
> > >
> > > The original message was received at Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:49:38
-0600
> > > from apache@localhost
> > >
> > >    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> > > promo (at mark) s1i.net
> > >     (reason: 553 5.3.0 <promo (at mark) s1i.net>... No such user here)
> > >     (expanded from: promo (at mark) s1i.net)
> > >
> > >    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > >
> > > ... while talking to [127.0.0.1]:
> > > >>> DATA
> > >
> > > <<< 553 5.3.0 <promo (at mark) s1i.net>... No such user here
> > > 550 5.1.1 promo (at mark) s1i.net... User unknown
> > > <<< 503 5.0.0 Need RCPT (recipient)
> > >
> > > Reporting-MTA: dns; bq05.s1-i.net
> > > Arrival-Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:49:38 -0600
> > >
> > > Final-Recipient: RFC822; promo (at mark) s1i.net
> > > Action: failed
> > > Status: 5.3.0
> > > Remote-MTA: DNS; [127.0.0.1]
> > > Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 553 5.3.0 <promo (at mark) s1i.net>... No such user
here
> > > Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:49:38 -0600
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > tony
> > >
> > >
> > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
> >
> > One, please do not top post if possible, makes things hard to follow
and
> > harder to respond.
> >
> > Two, according to my servers, sli.net does not have any MX, either
you
> > are not giving us the correct domain name or your DNS is not
configured
> > or propogated correctly.
> >
> > host -t mx sli.net
> > sli.net has no MX record
> >
> > three, your server is "talking" to itself (note the talking to
127.0.0.1
> > entry) which is probably why the "no such user" response which is
also
> > a symptom of no MX record for the/a domain.
> >
> > Your primary DNS on this box (bq05.sl-i.net ???) appears to be
Akamai (at
> > least that is the answer I get from whois).
> >
> > Either way, I still answer the same, no MX record for the domain so
the
> > box does not know what to do with the mail...
>
> I see the MX record for the domain from here...
>
> 1#> dig mx s1i.net
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> s1i.net.                86400   IN      MX      10 mail.s1i.net.
>
> 2#> dig mail.s1i.net
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> mail.s1i.net.           86335   IN      A       a.b.c.d
>
>
> Is it possible that there are some "other" MX records for s1i.net in
the
> DNS configuration of bq05.s1-i.net ?

Interesting, dig ns sli.net says a and b.ns.ultsearch.com are the
servers,

dig mx sli.net  (at mark) a.ns.ultsearch.com.

; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> mx sli.net  (at mark) a.ns.ultsearch.com.
; (2 servers found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 14009
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;sli.net.                       IN      MX

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
sli.net.                2560    IN      SOA     a.ns.ultsearch.com. 
hostmaster.sli.net. 1218144619 16384 2048 1048576 2560

;; Query time: 67 msec
;; SERVER: 66.116.109.47#53(66.116.109.47)
;; WHEN: Thu Aug  7 18:24:39 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 90

returns no MX record here or at the root nameservers.
sure yours is not cached or something, I do not see an 86400 entry
anywhere in the sli.net soa records (or an MX record).

-- 
Larry Smith
lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net


Please, it is s1i.net s(one)i.net  not sli.net 

/Thomas