On 4/6/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 10:33, Bob Brennan wrote: > > > > > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > > > ;thebrennan.net. IN MX > > > > > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > > > thebrennan.net. 2400 IN MX 0 mail.mi-server.net. > > > thebrennan.net. 2400 IN MX 10 mx1.sitelutions.com. > > > thebrennan.net. 2400 IN MX 20 mx2.sitelutions.com. > > > Thanks for that Les. The mail.mi-server.net is the same IP as all of > > my domains, I just use it as a generic pointer in case I chop and/or > > change other names. Sitelutions is a mail backup service that is > > hopefully gathering and saving my email as we speak, well worth the > > $1.50/month because even though my FC3 system is fairly watertight > > there is no telling how, why, or for how long some lowlife has > > compromised Demon's nameservers. > > But any mail being sent to you right now should be going to: > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;mail.mi-server.net. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > mail.mi-server.net. 2385 IN A 83.104.235.34 > > as long as it answers, regardless of any CNAME oddities. Mail > will always use the MX record. I think your real issue is > only that your server doesn't know its own name which you > can fix as I mentioned in the last message. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx Hi Les, In your previous email you said "You can override that on the inbound side by providing all the domain names it should accept in the /etc/mail/local-host-names" which is the way my server has always been set up. It was only this morning that 2 CNAME entries were added to the records of the domains I am having trouble with, to "wc.funnel.revenuedirect.com.akadns.net" which has nothing to do with me and I did not do it. All the domains that do not have those CNAMES added have no trouble sending and receiving email, and haven't in years. I am of course open to suggestions but am at the moment waiting for Demon to correct the hacked entries on their nameservers, if that doesn't work - I'll be back for more help! Thanks, bob
