OMG Thank you... i knew that my dns setting where correct.... what i think the problem is dat sendmail is not listening to my address 67.34.177.240 which is static. How do i go about fixing this ?? On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 17:30, Jeff wrote: > On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:06:37 -0400, Jason Dixon wrote: > > On Sep 22, 2004, at 4:02 PM, Damien Estrada wrote: > > > > > >> But when i was running under Windows 2000 Advanced Server with > >> the same setting i have now ( except new SMTP and POP Servers ) > >> it was working great. I have the hopto.org settings to MX gc- > >> site.hopto.org as my external mail server. Would me creating a > >> DNS record on my server do the trick ?? > >> > > > > If you've changed SMTP/POP servers, this obviously has an effect on > > your mail service. That's like saying "everything used to work > > before I changed all the relevant settings". > > > > Now you're using a mail server which doesn't have the necessary DNS > > records configured. No amount of local configuration is going to > > save you until you get your DNS issues sorted out. I don't really > > have the time to walk you through the intricacies of DNS > > administration; besides, it's something best left to the experts. > > I suggest you contact your DNS provider (ravy.com?) to resolve this > > appropriately. > > > > Just had a quick look at the domain and you seem to be using a dyndns like provider (you real IP belongs to ADSL on bellsouth.net). Not sure how many IPs you have or if they're static, but both mail.gc-site.hopto.org and gc-site.hopto.org both point to the same IP so you probably have 1 external IP. > > Things to check... > > -Is sendmail listening on your LAN/external IP (i.e. not just 127.0.0.1). It doesnt by default AFAIK - check with "netstat -an | grep LISTEN" > > -Are all firewalls/routers setup to allow inbound access to you mail server on tcp/25 (including any port forwarding). I did a quick check and couldnt access it - check your firewall logs. > > -If you DONT have static IPs then make sure you have a program to update no-ip.com's DNS (I use ddclient). > > > > Ive also checked DNS and MX records for your domain and they seem OK to me (Sorry Jason =P).... > > > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2-P3 <<>> mx gc-site.hopto.org > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2521 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;gc-site.hopto.org. IN MX > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > gc-site.hopto.org. 60 IN MX 5 mail.gc-site.hopto.org. > gc-site.hopto.org. 60 IN MX 10 gc-site.hopto.org. > > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: > gc-site.hopto.org. 60 IN A 67.34.177.240 > mail.gc-site.hopto.org. 60 IN A 67.34.177.240 > > > Hope this helps - the first time you do this it is a bit confusing. > Jeff > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
