MX Problem.

[David Botham]

> -----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 11:18 AM
> To: David Botham
> Cc: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org; bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: RE: MX Problem.
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>    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 "_"...  :-(
> 

That does not matter.  The fact is that the underscore must go to be
standards compliant.

Dave...


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> On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 09:48, David Botham wrote:
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> >
> >
> > > -----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...
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> > >
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> > >    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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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