Can't get email

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Thu Jan 27 18:56:51 UTC 2000


cmoewes at moewes.com wrote:

> I have a mail server names mail.moewes.com which is listed
> as the mx record for goatfest.com. However whenever I try
> to send email to it from outside (i.e. yahoo mail of hotbot)
> I get an error message that says,
>
> Message from  yahoo.com.
> Unable to deliver message to the following address(es).
>
> <chris at goatfest.com>:
> Sorry, I couldn't find a mail exchanger or IP address. (#5.4.4)
>
> --- Original message follows.
>
> Mail to moewes.com (mx = mail.moewes.com) works just fine.
>
> Plus I', pretty sure my named is working becasue the same zone contains the
> info about www.goatfest.com and that resolves ok.
>
> What am I doing wrong!!!

goatfest.com    preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.moewes.com.goatfest.com

goatfest.com    nameserver = ns1.moewes.com
ns1.moewes.com  internet address = 63.226.143.33

Looks like someone forgot the trailing period...


- Kevin




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