Re: [cobalt-users] email problem

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Amanda John wrote:

> I have a strange Email problem with one of our RAQ3s.  Email works fine for
> any domains I add to the server.  But for our domain, the domain of the
> server itself, mail isn't being bounced back or collected by the server at
> all. I admittedly messed up the MX record for this originally and Email was
> bouncing, then I corrected the setting and since then no Email is being
> bounced or delivered.

If you're sure the mx record is correct, than it's got nothing to do
with the email.

In fact it's got little to do with the email anyway, except to make sure
the email reaches the computer it's supposed to reach.  You set mx to
any domain hosted on your server; it will NOT affect email.

If you'd give us the real domain name, we could look at it using several
tools (such as telnet) to attempt to connect to your mailserver.

> What are the files I should look in to see if there
> are any problems with the settings?

I'd look at /etc/virtusertable and /etc/aliases.

Generally I do NOT use the "main" domain on the RaQ, so I don't know if
it writes those users into /etc/virtusertable or not.

> Would it be safe to delete all the DNS
> settings for the domain and start again -- baring in mind this is the domain
> used for nameservers and the domain of the box itself?

Nameservers actually work from memory, so as long as you had all the DNS
tables fixed before you clicked on "save changes" you'd be alright.  But
I don't see this helping you; it's rather a shotgun approach with the
shotgun aimed not at the burglar but at an innocent bystander.

> This problem has been driving me crazy for days now.  Can't find anything in
> the archives that replicates my problem (believe me, I've been checking time
> and time again) so I'm throwing this one out to you lot!

What's the real domain name?  What IP# are you using for it?

Jeff
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