Mail problems with name based virtual hosts (MX problems?)

Mark_Andrews at isc.org Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Tue Sep 25 01:05:38 UTC 2001


	This is a mis-configured MTA.  MTA need to be configured to
	accept/relay mail for a domain, you can thank spammers for
	relays having to be configured.  Talk to your ISP.

	Mark
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm at my wits end. I have about 8 domain names that my Red Hat 6.1
> box is primary for. I had been using CNAMEs but kept getting the
> "CNAME and OTHER" error because I had SOA and MX entries for the
> domains.
> 
> So, I switched to A records for all of the domain names. Now, I can
> send email to 3 or my domains, but not the others! When attempting to
> send email, it bounces with this error:
> 
> <jrcampbe at blazevic.org>: host leonardo.tigerjimmy.com[209.98.143.194]
> said: 550
>     <jrcampbe at blazevic.org>... Relaying denied
> 
>  It's really weird. The three that work are the ones that I have my
> ISP acting as secondary for, so I am sure that it is a configuration
> problem on my end.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Jim
> jrcampbe at tiny.net
> 
> Here's the db file for one that's not working:
> 
> @  IN  SOA             blazevic.org. jrcampbe.tiny.net. (
>                        20010924015 ;Serial
>                        10800       ;Refresh after 3 hours
>                        3600        ;Retry after 1 hour
>                        604800      ;Expire after 1 week
>                        86400 )     ;Minimum TTL 1 day
> 
> ;
> ; Name Server
> ;
> 
> blazevic.org. IN NS  ns1.tigerjimmy.com.
>               IN MX  0 leonardo.blazevic.org.
> 
> ;
> ; Addresses
> ;
> blazevic.org.           IN A 209.98.143.194
> leonardo.blazevic.org.  IN A 209.98.143.194
> www.blazevic.org.       IN A 209.98.143.194
> ftp.blazevic.org.       IN A 209.98.143.194
> 
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