[THIN] Re: OT: very wierd email problem

  • From: Henry Sieff <hsieff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:06:32 -0600

I just checked both of your domains; for your mail server on each one you
lack a rDNS ptr record. Many mail servers out there are configured to just
dump mail which comes from servers w/o a rDNS PTR. Fix it, and I'd wager the
problem with that domain (and probably others you don't know about) will go
away.

http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=Prairietitle.com
http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=vdimail.com

Henry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Boggan [mailto:MBoggan@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:51 AM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: very wierd email problem
> 
> 
> Well we have 2 different domains trying it.  Prairietitle.com 
> and I tried
> from my server which is vdimail.com
> 
> > _________________________________ 
> > 
> > Michael Boggan
> > Network Engineer/Citrix Admin
> > Virtual Desktop Inc. 
> > Dallas, Texas 
> > Ph: (972) 960-6400 
> > Fax: (972) 960-6445 
> > email: mboggan@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> > http://www.virtualdesktopinc.com 
> > _________________________________ 
> > 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry Sieff [mailto:hsieff@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:36 PM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: very wierd email problem
> 
> 
> Well, ns1.swbell.net has them:
> http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=hdtlaw.com&type=MX
> 
> and at your mail server, you are recursing to it:
> http://www.menandmice.com/cgi-bin/DoDig?host=dns1.vdesktop.net
> .&domain=hdtla
> w.com&type=MX&recur=on
> 
> so I don't know. What is the domain that is having trouble sending to
> hdtlaw.com?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Boggan [mailto:MBoggan@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:49 PM
> > To: 'THIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > Subject: [THIN] OT: very wierd email problem
> > 
> > 
> > Here goes.   I have a user sending an email to htdlaw.com.  
> > The recipient
> > never recieves the email, but does recieve emails from 
> other people, 
> > including one i sent her from a hotmail account.  When i do an 
> > nslookup it says no MX record exists.  I then check 
> dnsstuff.com and 
> > it says no MX record exists.  I know that is why we can't send her 
> > mail, but how is she
> > receiving other emails?  Anyone ideas.  I am baffled.
> > 
> > > _________________________________
> > > 
> > > Michael Boggan
> > > Network Engineer/Citrix Admin
> > > Virtual Desktop Inc.
> > > Dallas, Texas 
> > > Ph: (972) 960-6400 
> > > Fax: (972) 960-6445 
> > > email: mboggan@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> > > <http://www.virtualdesktopinc.com> 
> > > _________________________________ 
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