Re: mail malady - dns/postfix

From: Jerod Prothe (jprothe_at_usd217.org)
Date: 08/31/05

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    Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:49:11 -0500
To: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us>

    Greg Barniskis wrote:
    > Jerod Prothe wrote:
    >
    >> Greetings all,
    >> On my network, we used to have some NT box acting as the mail
    >> exchanger and a faulty dns for our domain. That box has nearly
    >> crumbled. It's still active, but no longer accepting mail. I set up
    >> a computer (called galley) with 5.4 and it is (supposedly) running
    >> authoritative dns for our domain, and is handling mail via postfix.
    >> Since I changed the dns, I alerted our registrar, which was originally
    >> doing lookups for us.
    >> The problem is, now local citizens are trying to send mail to us, but
    >> they are getting bounce messages reporting that it couldn't talk to
    >> otto, the old NT box.
    >
    >
    > [config snipped]
    >
    >> There may be more at stake here: If this doesn't work well, then any
    >> credibility that I have with my employer concerning using open-source
    >> may be exhausted. Any other conf's I should show?
    >
    >
    > At a glance (not thorough inspection) your config looked OK. Expire time
    > of 100 days seems a bit long.
    >
    > When I nslookup MX for your domain, I get the addr of your new server
    > "galley", so no apparent problem there (although I see from a follow-up
    > post that some folks are getting MX = otto, and *that* is your problem
    > in a nutshell).
    >
    > If otto is no longer providing any services to the outside world, how
    > about just indicating via DNS that otto is CNAME to galley?
    >

    CNAME to galley? That's a good idea. I changed it and reduced the expire time
    to 10d (I got it out of the Lehey Complete FreeBSD book). I wonder why it is
    that Australia has updated but a US State has not?

    Thanks for your help.
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