Re: Mail not getting thru the domain

In 56c8d6e358cbc@uwe">news:56c8d6e358cbc@uwe,
Justin via WinServerKB.com <u15424@uwe> made this post, which I then
commented about below:
> Sorry I Meant to explain what "telling you" When I go to
> www.dnsstuff.com and then click on dns reports I get this
>
> Getting MX record for thejmjenkinsfamily.org (from local DNS server,
> may be cached)... There is no MX record for thejmjenkinsfamily.org!
> That's bad. Checking for an A record... There is no A record for
> thejmjenkinsfamily.org either!
>
> That's very bad. No mail can be sent to thejmjenkinsfamily.org.
>
> I will have to make sure that the host name is pointing at the IP of
> the router.
>
> Thanks for your help Tippy. I will have to do better at looking when
> I do a Google search.

Justin,

When I tested the thejmjenkinsfamily.org zone for your MX record, there is
none. I am assuming YOU are hosting your "thejmjenkinsfamily.org zone" on
the Internet and assume that these two servers are the SOAs:
worf.thejmjenkinsfamily.org internet address = 207.173.211.134
bridge.thejmjenkinsfamily.org internet address = 207.173.211.133

So I thought to try querying them directly, the .134 one timed out on the
query. The .133 didn't time out, but what is disturbing is you are MIXING
private and public data on that server. You CANNOT mix this stuff. Look what
I got when I queried for mail.thejmjenkinsfamily.org:

Addresses: 207.173.211.133, 192.168.15.254

If my mail server were to send you mail and it resolved (provided the MX
record was working), to 192.168.15.254, you will NEVER receive the mail.
Make sense?

If you need internal private IP resolution, then you MUST have separate DNS
servers for this purpose and leave the other two to ONLY host public records
if you want to make this work.

I then tried to query .133 for the MX record, but it appears you did not
create an MX record. TO create an MX record, rt-click your zonename, select
New, Mail Exchanger, leave the top box blank, in the target host box, type
in mail.thejmjenkinsfamily.org.

As for reverse records, since the ISP owns the IP block, and as Tippy
mentioned, you need to contact them about creating a reverse record for your
mail server's MX record.

I hope this all makes sense.

--
Ace

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
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