hannibaln at gmail
Feb 1, 2010, 1:37 AM
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Hi Chris
/etc# host -t mx gmail.com 208.67.220.220
Using domain server:
Name: 208.67.220.220
Address: 208.67.220.220#53
Aliases:
gmail.com mail is handled by 5 gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 30 alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 10 alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 20 alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com mail is handled by 40 alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
and the cat
cat resolv.conf
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 196.44.176.1
nameserver 196.44.176.4
nameserver 217.15.120.4
nameserver 217.15.120.90
nameserver 209.88.90.130
nameserver 213.140.2.43
nameserver 4.2.2.2
On 01/02/2010, Chris Wilson <chris+exim [at] qwirx> wrote:
> Hi Hannibal,
>
> On Mon, 1 Feb 2010, Hannibal Ndlovu wrote:
>
>> I am running a new Debian 5 with exim4.69
>>
>> When i try to send mail to gmail i get one of the following error
>>
>> all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts
>>
>> or
>>
>> unroutable address
>>
>> My dns resolves correctly - i am running my own DNS server - most other
>> domains have no problems but 1 or 2 others also give me the same errors
>>
>> i have tried to set the gmail.com and an ip for one of the MX in the
>> hosts file with no luck, i would realy appreciate any assistance that
>> can be provided.
>
> You'd need to tell us the output of the following commands:
>
> cat /etc/resolv.conf
> host -t mx gmail.com (or whatever domain you're sending to)
> host -t mx gmail.com 208.67.220.220 (using OpenDNS instead of your own DNS
> server)
>
> For reference, this is what I get:
>
> chris [at] roci(bbackupquery)$ host -t mx gmail.com 208.67.220.220
> Using domain server:
> Name: 208.67.220.220
> Address: 208.67.220.220#53
> Aliases:
>
> gmail.com mail is handled by 30 alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
> gmail.com mail is handled by 5 gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
> gmail.com mail is handled by 40 alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
> gmail.com mail is handled by 20 alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
> gmail.com mail is handled by 10 alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
>
> Cheers, Chris.
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