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[Damien Estrada]

OMG Thank you... i knew that my dns setting where correct.... what i
think the problem is dat sendmail is not listening to my address
67.34.177.240 which is static.

How do i go about fixing this ??


On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 17:30, Jeff wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:06:37 -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
> > On Sep 22, 2004, at 4:02 PM, Damien Estrada wrote:
> >
> >
> >> But when i was running under Windows 2000 Advanced Server with
> >> the same setting i have now ( except new SMTP and POP Servers )
> >> it was working great. I have the hopto.org settings to MX gc-
> >> site.hopto.org as my external mail server. Would me creating a
> >> DNS record on my server do the trick ??
> >>
> >
> > If you've changed SMTP/POP servers, this obviously has an effect on
> > your mail service.  That's like saying "everything used to work
> > before I changed all the relevant settings".
> >
> > Now you're using a mail server which doesn't have the necessary DNS
> > records configured.  No amount of local configuration is going to
> > save you until you get your DNS issues sorted out.  I don't really
> > have the time to walk you through the intricacies of DNS
> > administration; besides, it's something best left to the experts.
> > I suggest you contact your DNS provider (ravy.com?) to resolve this
> > appropriately.
> >
> 
> Just had a quick look at the domain and you seem to be using a dyndns like provider (you real IP belongs to ADSL on bellsouth.net). Not sure how many IPs you have or if they're static, but both mail.gc-site.hopto.org and gc-site.hopto.org both point to the same IP so you probably have 1 external IP.
> 
> Things to check...
> 
> -Is sendmail listening on your LAN/external IP (i.e. not just 127.0.0.1). It doesnt by default AFAIK - check with "netstat -an | grep LISTEN" 
> 
> -Are all firewalls/routers setup to allow inbound access to you mail server on tcp/25 (including any port forwarding). I did a quick check and couldnt access it - check your firewall logs.
> 
> -If you DONT have static IPs then make sure you have a program to update no-ip.com's DNS (I use ddclient).
> 
> 
> 
> Ive also checked DNS and MX records for your domain and they seem OK to me (Sorry Jason =P)....
> 
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2-P3 <<>> mx gc-site.hopto.org
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2521
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;gc-site.hopto.org.             IN      MX
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> gc-site.hopto.org.      60      IN      MX      5 mail.gc-site.hopto.org.
> gc-site.hopto.org.      60      IN      MX      10 gc-site.hopto.org.
> 
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> gc-site.hopto.org.      60      IN      A       67.34.177.240
> mail.gc-site.hopto.org. 60      IN      A       67.34.177.240
> 
> 
> Hope this helps - the first time you do this it is a bit confusing.
> Jeff
> 
> 
>