Re: [cobalt-users] Getting Mail working for virtual host

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Rick Boucher" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote
<SNIP> 
> I have a virtual domain setup (on a different ip) spiritnw.com set up 
> with www.spiritnw.com (I'd actually like o use mail.spiritnw.com)
> I have an MX record setup  mapping spiritnw.com to www.spiritnw.com 
> as the example shows.
> 
> I send mail to user@xxxxxxxxxxxx and it bounces with the folowing:
 
Looking at your DNS records.
Dig spiritnw.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (204.201.135.130)
  spiritnw.com A (Address) 204.201.136.3
  spiritnw.com MX (Mail Exchanger) Priority: 30 spiritnw.com
  spiritnw.com MX (Mail Exchanger) Priority: 30 www.spiritnw.com
   MX record in this zone goes to www & spiritnw.com
  spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) cascade.orcasonline.com
  spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) cascade.orcasonline.com
  www.spiritnw.com A (Address) 204.201.136.3
  cascade.orcasonline.com A (Address) 204.201.136.2
**** Again this record belongs in orcasonline.com zone ****

Dig spiritnw.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (204.201.135.131) ...
  ****   Non-authoritative answer *******
Recursive queries supported by this server
 Query for spiritnw.com type=255 class=1
  spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) NS1.ORCASONLINE.COM
  spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) NS3.ORCASONLINE.COM
  spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) NS1.ORCASONLINE.COM
  spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) NS3.ORCASONLINE.COM
  NS1.ORCASONLINE.COM A (Address) 204.201.135.130
  NS3.ORCASONLINE.COM A (Address) 204.201.136.62

  spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) NS1.ORCASONLINE.COM
  spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) NS3.ORCASONLINE.COM
  spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) NS1.ORCASONLINE.COM
  spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) NS3.ORCASONLINE.COM
   ****** Why 2 sets of Nameserver records ************
  NS1.ORCASONLINE.COM A (Address) 204.201.135.130
  NS3.ORCASONLINE.COM A (Address) 204.201.136.62
   The above records belong in for orcasonline.com zone file
  ******* No MX record in this name server. *************

Dig spiritnw.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (204.201.136.62) ...
(1) You really should not have 'A' records for  
  NS1.ORCASONLINE.COM A (Address) 204.201.135.130
  NS3.ORCASONLINE.COM A (Address) 204.201.136.62
  These records belong in a zone file for orcasonline.com
   Not in the zone file for spiritnw.com
(2)  spiritnw.com A (Address) 204.201.136.3
      spiritnw.com MX (Mail Exchanger) Priority: 30 mail.spiritnw.com
      ****** MX record here goes to mail.spiritnw.com ***
      spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) ns3.orcasonline.com
      spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) ns1.orcasonline.com
      spiritnw.com NS (Nameserver) ns2.orcasonline.com
       spiritnw.com SOA (Zone of Authority)

Man, get your DNS sorted out and your mail may work!
The records in your ns1, ns2, and ns3 servers for
spiritnw.com must be identical, you are confusing
everybody! How are you doing zone transfers?
Or are you editing each nameserver by hand.
There may be other errors, I just took a quick look!
Gerald