MX and DNS settings

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Thu Sep 21 21:34:14 UTC 2000


I queried ns1.dynamicweb.net, ns2.dynamicweb.net and media.metzgers.com, and
I couldn't find any trace of an MX record pointing to pop.media.metzgers.com.
Where are you getting this bogus data from?


- Kevin

Eric Leslie wrote:

> Found out some more problems with my situation. I am unsure if these are
> contributing to my mail problem or not.
>
> I had the web hosting company remove the extra preference line after showing
> that it wasn't required. They finally agreed and that change was made this
> afternoon. Anyway, I did a nslookup of ANY records for my mail server
> (media.metzgers.com) and it came up with a listing of an additional TWO MX
> records pointing to pop.media.metzgers.com. I assume that this isn't
> correct.
>
> So, now, I have MX records on my MX records. The chain stops at
> pop.media.metzgers.com but it opens up another alias to
> www.media.metzgers.com at that level.
>
> So, instead of just having www.metzgers.com, metzgers.com, and
> media.metzgers.com; I also have www.media.metzgers.com and
> pop.media.metzgers.com.
>
> Does this MX record on an MX record sound like a problem? Or would it not
> contribute to anything? In my mail server, the maillog file had a lot of
> entries with problems with unable to get the canonical name of client, and
> the problem with that may be that the canonical name was set at
> www.media.metzgers.com, which isn't correct.
>
> Eric Leslie
> InfoSys/New Media
> Metzgers Printing & Prepress
> ________________________________
> E-mail: eric.leslie at metzgers.com
> Website: www.metzgers.com
> Phone: (419) 861-8611
> Fax: (419) 861-3299






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