[cobalt-users] [RaQ XTR] Mail problem (relaying or MX config)

["Jason Goodridge" <jasong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Everyone

I am running a RaQ XTR and am quite new to some of the aspects of
configuring these (I used to be a Windows man until I realised how much more
reliable these are in general). Now, to my question:

The main domain setup on my Raq is www.axios-it.com.au (which is a small
consulting business I co-run). We also host a few test and development
domains for other businesses such as relocationremedy.com.au.

I can send and receive email fine on the axios-it.com.au domain but I get
errors when I try to send anything to users on the relocationremedy.com.au
domain. This is the only other domain that currently has users setup on it
aside from axios-it.com.au but I presume that I would be getting errors on
all of the others. Initially I got the following error:

The recipient coconnor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx had permanent fatal errors.
While talking to 210.8.168.142:
550 5.7.1 <coconnor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Relaying denied.  Please
check your mail first or restart your mail session.

So then in the email server settings I enabled relaying for that domain.
Then I got the following error:

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
554 5.0.0 MX list for relocationremedy.com.au. points back to
www.axios-it.com.au
554 5.3.5 <coconnor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Local configuration error

I have each domain setup with A records for just the domain (i.e.
axios-it.com.au), www, mail and ftp. I have an MX record for each setup as
mail.<domain>.com.au and in the SOA I have axios-it.com.au as the primary
and ns2.esc.net.au as my secondary NS for each of the domains. This matches
what my provider (esc.net.au) has in his secondary DNS and matches the
delegation details so I'm fairly sure I have the DNS correct.

I'm not sure why the mail server is complaining about my MX pointing back to
www.axios-it.com.au. As far as I can tell it isn't setup like that. I would
have also thought that it shouldn't be trying to relay anywhere. Isn't there
a setting somewhere where the mail server says "what domains am I accepting
mail for delivery on?" It seems that rather instead of relaying it should
just be accepting the mail directly. I cannot find this setting anywhere
although I thought it would have been maintained by the Raq based on the
domains that are hosted.

If anyone can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it!

Cheers


Jason Goodridge
Axios IT
www.axios-it.com.au