[NTLUG:Discuss] Mail server not propagating?

brian@pongonova.net brian at pongonova.net
Sat Jun 15 01:27:05 CDT 2002


Neil--

Have you checked the sendmail FAQ?  Looks like 4.5 might address your problem:

http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section4.html#4.5

Make sure you fix the SOA serial numbers as well...these inconsistencies will come
back to haunt you down the road.

These configuration fiascos are the very reason I don't use sendmail (I prefer
qmail).  Don't believe the hype you hear about the configuration woes of sendmail
being a worn myth.  They're very real, and using a configuration front-end like
linuxconf usually creates more problems than it solves, despite appearances to the
contrary.  

  --Brian
 
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 12:22:06AM -0500, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Brian:
> 
> The idea is for others to jump in and help.
> 
> I want mail.parasailworkshop.com to resolve to 66.181.172.254.
> 
> The problem is that my sendmail on the old mail server
> 204.130.252.205 keeps telling me that mail.parasailworkshop.com
> loops back to itself, which should not be the case.
> 
> I don't know why this would happen.  I am using
> webmin to manage the DNS, which I have never had
> a problem with in the past.
> 
> This is really driving me nuts. Do you have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Neil
> 
> --
> Neil Aggarwal
> JAMM Consulting, Inc.    (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com
> Custom Internet Development    Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
> > Of brian at pongonova.net
> > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 11:30 PM
> > To: discuss at ntlug.org
> > Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Mail server not propagating?
> >
> >
> > Hey, Neil, I'm not Eric, but since you guys are discussing this on-line, I
> > thought I'd jump in here and ask what, exactly, the problem is.
> > mail.parasailworkshop.com resolves to 66.181.172.254...is this
> > not correct?
> > According to your previous posts, this should be the IP address
> > you're looking
> > for...
> >
> > Also, if you're using nslookup to verify this stuff, please do yourself a
> > favor: Remove it from your system and use dig.  dig will provide
> > you with far more
> > information than nslookup.  Then verify your A record with another server:
> >
> > dig @curley.dcccd.edu mail.parasailworkshop.com
> >
> > There's a good possibility the name server you're querying is
> > brain-damaged (and
> > yes, there are many of those in the world, most of which are
> > running BIND).
> >
> >   --Brian
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 11:07:51PM -0500, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> > > Eric:
> > >
> > > I did update the serial number, so it should have propagated.
> > > I have change it again and restarted named.
> > >
> > > What is strange is that www has propagated, but not mail.
> > >
> > > Any other ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > 	Neil.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Neil Aggarwal
> > > JAMM Consulting, Inc.    (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com
> > > Custom Internet Development    Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org
> [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
> > > Of Eric Schnoebelen
> > > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 4:57 PM
> > > To: discuss at ntlug.org
> > > Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Mail server not propagating?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Neil Aggarwal" writes:
> > > - Eric:
> > > -
> > > - I looked thru the DNS records on dns2, dns3, and dns4 on
> > > - jammconsulting.com and they dont refer to dns3 in their
> > > - SOA records.
> > > -
> > > - Also, all of them resolve to 66.181.172.254, which
> > > - is the correct machine.
> > > -
> > > - Do you see something different?
> > >
> > > 	Nope, just taking a guess.
> > >
> > > 	The bigger question still stands, did you remember to
> > > update the serial number in the SOA record when you made the
> > > change to parasailworkshop.com?  If you don't remember, do it
> > > again, and reload the zone file.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Eric Schnoebelen		eric at cirr.com		 http://www.cirr.com
> > > 	Theoretical Physicist -- a physicist whose existence has been
> > > 	    postulated, to make the numbers balance, but who is
> > > 		never actually observed in the laboratory.
> > >
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