Re: [cobalt-users] MX loops back 553 5.3.5

[David Shugarts <Azimuth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[Yes, the spaces are there, at least in the Cobalt GUI.]

I have just fixed the problem by dint of pounding my head against a wall. I
finally looked at the GUI tab for E-mail servers, Advanced, and put in both
mydomain.com and www.mydomain.com for "Receive Email Address To
Hosts/Domains (optional)."

While this may seem obvious to some, it sure wasn't to me. Because the error
message seemed to say that the MX record was wrong, I kept trying to amend
the MX record, which was just spinning wheels.

What was really happening was that the E-mail server had not been informed
that it needed to capture the mail for mydomain.com.

I blame the f------ GUI and documentation. In the book, in this spot it
says, "Email addressed to the <hostname.domainname> of the Qube 3 is
automatically accepted."

--Dave Shugarts

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Shugarts"
> 
> 
>> My DNS records are:
>> 
>> Query                   Record Type    Response
>> www . mydomain.com          A          24.X.X.X
> [...]
> 
> Does the zone file actually have those spaces around the first dot in the
> above hostname?  If so, that might be your problem.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steve
> 
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