MX Problems
Rus
rf at rf0.com
Thu Jun 14 08:21:30 UTC 2001
Hi,
The problem is with sendmail. You have to tell it that it acutally
servers e-mail for this
domain. http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html is a good guide to
setting this up
Rus
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On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Allie Syadiqin decided to mutter to the world in general:
>
> Hi,
> I need some help on this MX thing. Basically, I am not knowledgeable
> in DNS configuration. In other words, I'm a newbie, so any help will be
> greatly appreciated. Please provide step-by-step instructions if possible.
> Thanks.
>
> I created a virtual namebased domain, hydroseis.com and basically all other
> services, eg. ftp, http, works fine. But when I tried to send a test email
> to webmaster at hydroseis.com, I received the following message :-
>
> ==================================================================================
>
> UNDELIVERABLE MAIL
> Your message to the following recipients cannot be delivered:
> <webmaster at hydroseis.com>:
> <<< configuration error: mail loops back to myself (MX problem).
>
> Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.vserver.com.my
> Arrival-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 05:07:11 +0800
> Received-From-MTA: dns; puyu.time.net.my (pop.time.net.my [203.121.16.80])
> Final-Recipient: rfc822; mail.hydroseis.com-webmaster at mail.vserver.com.my
> Action: failed
> Original-Recipient: rfc822; webmaster at hydroseis.com
> Status: 5.0.0
> Diagnostic-Code: unknown; configuration error: mail loops back to myself
> (MX problem).
>
> ==================================================================================
>
> Here's a copy of the DNS configuration file, which was created by the
> web-based control panel when adding virtual domain to the dns server.
> hydroseis.com was created when I created the virtual domain while 65.5.202
> was created when I installed the OS the first time using installation setup.
>
> ==========================================================
> ; Filename : hydroseis.com - Created by RNA (Remote Network Administrator)
>
> @ IN SOA ns1.vserver.com.my. root.vserver.com.my. (
> 2001000000 ; serial (change me!)
> 21600 ; refresh (6 hours)
> 3600 ; retry (1 hour)
> 604800 ; expire (7 days)
> 3600 ) ; minimum (1 hour)
> IN NS ns1.vserver.com.my.
> IN NS ns2.vserver.com.my.
> IN MX 10 mail.vserver.com.my.
>
> ; Host information for hydroseis.com.
> hydroseis.com. IN A 202.5.65.68
> IN MX 10 mail.vserver.com.my.
> ftp IN CNAME hydroseis.com.
> webmail IN CNAME hydroseis.com.
> www IN CNAME hydroseis.com.
>
> ==========================================================
> ; filename : 65.5.202 - Created by RNA (Remote Network Administrator)
>
> @ IN SOA 65.5.202.in-addr.arpa. root.vserver.com.my. (
> 2000100006 ; serial (change me!)
> 21600 ; refresh (6 hours)
> 3600 ; retry (1 hour)
> 604800 ; expire (7 days)
> 3600 ) ; minimum (1 hour)
> IN NS ns1.vserver.com.my.
> IN NS ns2.vserver.com.my.
> 66 IN PTR ns1.vserver.com.my.
> 67 IN PTR ns2.vserver.com.my.
>
> ==========================================================
>
>
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