RE: [cobalt-users] RAQ2 - Still Can't send mail to AOL HELP!

[David Lucas <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:20 PM 1/23/2002, you wrote:
> > > Thought I had it licked when I put my PC IP address into my dns
> > so that a
> > > reverse lookup from my machine name to my PC
> > > ie. PTR record xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. -> myhost.mymainsite.com
> > >
> >
> > 64.135.71.134 doesn't resolve.
> > --- resolving IP [64.135.71.134], please wait...
> > --- resolve error: no data record found
> > --
> > Dan Kriwitsky
> Thanks for the repsonse Dan,
> ...71.134 is a second raq in my office.
> Can I ask why that would be a problem?
> Primary DNS is on 71.133
> I've used the GUI to a PTR record to my domain pointing to the 134 host.
> ie. ....134 -> my other raq
> Still no luck...
>
> Paul
>
> _

Going back to your orginal message with
<snip>
>>>> start of pri. file
@ IN SOA raq2.mydomain.com. root.raq2.mydomain.com. ( 2002012313 10800 3600
604800 86400 )
IN NS raq2.mydomain.com.
raq1.mydomain.com. in a 64.135.71.134
raq2.mydomain.com. in a 64.135.71.133
www.mydomain.com. in a 64.135.71.160
raq2.mydomain.com. in a 64.135.71.137
www in mx 20 www.mydomain.com.
mydomain.com. in a 64.135.71.160
<<<< end of pri. file.
<snip>

This may seem real clear to you as it is all yours.  BUT !!!!.........
How many actual computers are we talking about here?
Are you providing your own dns?
On different machines?
Are your DNS servers registered?
Is your block of IPs assigned to you or are they just borrowed from your isp?
If they are borrowed, you may want to use one of their dns servers as your 
secondary.

Is the real problem here dns or is it your email being refused by AOL?
What is the return address you are using to send to AOL and what is the 
refusal message?
Is it being relayed via one of your other domains? (I notice you use 
various emails with different domains)
Unless you are attaching to different machines to send your mail, some is 
probably relayed at some point.
Could your mail be refused due to this reason?