RE: [cobalt-users] MX record help needed

[Jerald C Jones <jcjones@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You should have an MX record for mail.columbusinteractive.com, then an MX record for politics2004.com pointing to high priority mail
server mail.columbusinteractive.com.

JC Jones  :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jonathan
> Rosenberg
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 11:47 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] MX record help needed
>
>
> I am going nuts trying to configure a virt site to accept email.  I have
> tried a couple MX configs and none work.  I tried the way it is in the Raq3
> manual and in the list archives.
>
> server background:
> columbusinteractive.com is IP xxx.xxx.xxx.145 (it is the base url of the
> Raq3, also used as the DNS server) , politics2004.com is a virtual site on
> IP xxx.xxx.xxx.146
> it is set to accept mail for the domain in the site settings.
>
> when it is set like it says to in the manual:
> politics2004.com  mail sent to high pri. server  www.politics2004.com or
> columbusinteractive.com ,  I get the following error:
>
> The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <politics2004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 554 MX list for politics2004.com. points back to ns1.columbusinteractive.com
> 554 <politics2004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Local configuration error
>
> The same thing happens if I send mail to politics2004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> And if I set no MX record, I get the following error (expected):
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 553 politics2004.com. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
> 554 <politics2004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Local configuration error
>
> so, what on earth do I set the MX records to be?  Thanks!!!!
>
> Jon
>
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