Re: Exim4: all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts]

[Björn Gustafsson <kex3@towel.nu>]

Brian Kimsey-Hickman wrote:

> Since I have upgraded to Sarge I am getting this exim4 error:
>
> # exim4 -bt email@occompt.com
> R: dnslookup for email@occompt.com
> email@occompt.com is undeliverable:
> all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts
>
> A lot of posts say it is due to a DNS error but I think my DNS is okay:
>
> compt-inet:/etc/exim4/conf.d# dig occompt.com mx
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> occompt.com mx
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22044
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 2
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;occompt.com.                   IN      MX
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> occompt.com.            86400   IN      MX      0 compt-401ex.occompt.com.
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> occompt.com.            86400   IN      NS      compt-ns3.occompt.com.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> compt-401ex.occompt.com. 86400  IN      A       172.30.4.22
> compt-ns3.occompt.com.  86400   IN      A       172.30.4.13
>
> ;; Query time: 2 msec
> ;; SERVER: 172.30.4.13#53(172.30.4.13)
> ;; WHEN: Wed Jun 15 07:28:16 2005
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 113
>
> Anybody have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>
>  
mail:~# host compt-401ex.occompt.com
compt-401ex.occompt.com does not exist, try again

Nope, it doesn't seem okay.

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