Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 01:23:20 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Jerod Prothe <jprothe@usd217.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail malady - dns/postfix Message-ID: <4315CB68.7010708@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <4315C67B.9020907@usd217.org> References: <4315C67B.9020907@usd217.org>
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Jerod Prothe wrote: > The problem is, now local citizens are trying to send mail to us, Jerod, pls define 'local citizens'. My view of "local" is surely different to yours. > but > they are getting bounce messages reporting that it couldn't talk to > otto, the old NT box. yup, # telnet otto.usd217.org 25 Trying 209.42.72.250... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused BTW: whois usd217.org [...] Name Server:GALLEY.USD217.ORG Name Server:OTTO.USD217.ORG From Sydney, AU, the DNS records seem to have propagated: $ nslookup.exe Default Server: xxxxx Address: 10.168.100.10 > set type=ns > usd217.org Non-authoritative answer: Server: xxxxx Address: 10.168.100.10 usd217.org nameserver = otto.usd217.org usd217.org nameserver = galley.usd217.org otto.usd217.org internet address = 209.42.72.250 galley.usd217.org internet address = 209.42.72.2 and MX: usd217.org mail exchanger = 50 galley.usd217.org. but from TX,USA: # nslookup > set type=ns > usd217.org Server: 207.218.192.38 Address: 207.218.192.38#53 usd217.org nameserver = rolla.usd217.org. usd217.org nameserver = ns1.pld.com. usd217.org nameserver = ns2.pld.com. usd217.org nameserver = pta6000.pld.com. and MX: usd217.org MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = otto.usd217.org otto.usd217.org internet address = 209.42.72.251 so it seems that, to begin with, you have some inconsistency in what we can see of your network, the answers i'm seeing from this USA-based NS being the old ones. Notice that from USA, I'm getting MX pointing to otto., which it seems not to be taking connections on tcp/25. galley OTOH smtp listening on tcp/25. > There may be more at stake here: If this doesn't work well, then any > credibility that I have with my employer concerning using open-source > may be exhausted. this doesnt seem at all a problem of 'MS is better than OS' or otherwise (wont enter in that argument anyway) - just DNS not propagated yet, and not much you can do about that but to wait it out, other than giving otto's IP to galley for the time being so all smtp traffic goes to the box that is working. Next time, you may want to reduce your refresh settings in your zone before you perform a drastic change. > Any other conf's I should show? > I'm not too sure the exact configuration you have / intend to have. do you want galley to forward emails to otto? regards, beto
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