MX Problem.

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Lu!s Croker <lcroker at megared.net.mx> wrote:


>    I sent a mail from  a different mail server and it worked. It
> resolved correctly the MX record and did everything ok, even with the
> underscore "_"...  :-(

>    
>    

The fact that some software allows "illegal data" is no guarrantee
that "standards-compliant" ones will work.

It's just like the unicode-domains sold, they _might_ work but they
break standards.



> On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 09:48, David Botham wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
>> > Behalf Of Lu!s Croker
>> > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:42 AM
>> > To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
>> > Cc: bind-users at isc.org
>> > Subject: MX Problem.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >    Hi,  I have a problem...
>> > 
>> >    I can not send mails to specific domain which is  pvcomm.com.mx.
>> >    When I send it, I get a error like this...
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
>> > <user at pvcomm.com.mx>
>> > 
>> >    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>> > 550 5.1.2 <user at pvcomm.com.mx>... Host unknown (Name server:
>> > pvcomm_mail.pvcomm.com.mx.: non-recoverable error)
>> 
>> It could be due to the fact that there is an underscore ("_") in the
>> hostname.  I am pretty sure those are *bad*.
>> 
>> Dave...
>> 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >    My DNS server can resolve pvcomm.com.mx and
>> pvcomm_mail.pvcomm.com.mx
>> > (MX record), actually if I connect it with telnet and using 25 port, I
>> > can send and receive SMTP commands, but doing it with a mail client, I
>> > cant sent mails.
>> > 
>> >    Thanks a lot.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > --
>> > # Forza Ferrari, Forza... che siamo tre volte Campioni del Mondo !
>> 
>> 
> -- 
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