Wed 2003-12-03 00:54, Chip Hearn (1:3613/52) wrote to sean rima:

 CH>   Re: Mail System Error - Returned Mail
 CH>   By: sean rima to Chip Hearn on Tue Dec 02 2003 11:58 pm

 >>  CH> some people don't realize that once you do a
"A" you have just
 >>  CH> pointed the
 >>  CH> entire domain to whatever IP address... MX is normally a waste
 >>  CH> after that,
 >>  CH> unless you want to point your "Mail" to another
IP/Machine(s). 
 >>  CH> You really
 >>  CH> don't have to specify the mail (MX).
 >> 
 >> 
 >> What concerns me is that all mail is handdles by the machine with
 >> the a mail
 >> tcob1.net not mail.tcob1.net, which I have not even added a
 >> mailserver to as
 >> yet as I have not started configuring that machine :)

 CH> Well, a quick check of tcob1.net on port 25 gives me:

 CH> 220-Welcome! This system does not accept Unsolicited Commercial
 CH> Email and will 220-blacklist offenders through RBL and our internal
 CH> list. Have a nice day! 220-
 CH> 220 tcob1.net ESMTP Exim 4.24 Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:48:47 +0000 

 CH> kia:~# telnet tcob1.net 110
 CH> Trying 69.10.132.224...
 CH> Connected to tcob1.net.
 CH> Escape character is '^]'.
 CH> +OK Hello there.

 CH> and mail.tcob1.net port 25 gives me:

 CH> kia:~# telnet mail.tcob1.net 25
 CH> Trying 69.10.152.64...
 CH> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused 

 CH> kia:~# telnet mail.tcob1.net 110
 CH> Trying 69.10.152.64...
 CH> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused 

 CH> so...  Thats what I see... mail.tcob1.net isn't resovling, or there
 CH> isn't anything answering on those ports.

The IPs are correct, I have not open up 25/110/143 to anyone as yet as it
will be a dedicated mail machine, with tcob1.net as a backup mx. I am
trying to configure virtual users/domains atm.

-- Sean

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