[pchelpers] Re: dns error message, what to do?


The DNS refers to a domain name server. It means that whatever host
provides his email service may be doing something with their domain,
like upgrading a server, altering details of it and so on. The servive
may be down for a day or two as the problems get sorted out. After that,
any changes need to filter down to everyone else.

It might be due to something else of course, but my experience of
upgrading recently produced things like this.

G.R. Hanson wrote:
> 
> (I was wondering if Ray Leonard on this list?)
> 
> I've been trying to reply to an email he sent me, but get error
> messages when I do.
> The address I had in my address book is the same as the one that is in
> his 'reply to' field.
> But, when I try sending mail to the address, I get this error:
> 
> Your message was not delivered because the Domain Name System
> (DNS) for the destination computer is not configured correctly.
> The following is a list of reasons why this error message could
> have been generated.  If you do not understand the explanations
> listed here, please contact your system administrator for help.
> 
>      - The host does not have any mail exchanger (MX) or
>        address (A) records in the DNS.
> 
>      - The host has valid MX records, but none of the mail
>        exchangers listed have valid A records.
> 
>      - There was a transient error with the DNS that caused
>        one of the above to appear to be true.
> 
> You may want to try sending your message again to see if the
> problem was only temporary.
> 
>      DNS for host ohiohills.com is mis-configured
> 
> The following recipients did not receive this message:
> 
>      <sugaray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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