[cobalt-users] weird email errors

["Tobias Appel" <tobias.appel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Guys,

I'm getting these email error since I have a new domain on my webserver. The
problem with the domain is that the provider only creates one A Record and
this a star (*). I think that might be the problem.
Anyway I get about 30 to 90 error emails per day ever since. I don't really
understand what the problem is, or if it really has anything to do with the
DNS.
Are these spammers trying to relay on my cobalt?

I've included 2 message for example below:

>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:51:22 +0100
>From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>
>To: postmaster
>To: <Quote.Coverage@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
>Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)
>
>The original message was received at Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:59:09 +0100
>from apache@[81.209.165.91]
>
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
><okla.bbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     (reason: 553 5.3.5 system config error)
>
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
><nadmroot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Deferred: Connection timed out with
>dg-webo.us.dg.com.
>553 5.3.5 bbs.ttsh.tp.edu.tw. config error: mail loops back to me (MX
>problem?)
>554 5.3.5 Local configuration error
>Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
>Will keep trying until message is 5 days old
>Reporting-MTA: dns; www.team-velocity.net
>Arrival-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:59:09 +0100
>
>Final-Recipient: RFC822; okla.bbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Action: failed
>Status: 5.3.5
>Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 553 5.3.5 system config error
>Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:51:22 +0100
>Return-Path: <Quote.Coverage@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Received: from relay.verizon.net (apache@[81.209.165.91])
>         by www.team-velocity.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id
hAILx9i02881;
>         Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:59:09 +0100
>Message-ID: <000027982386$00003a21$00005fe8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <Friends>
>From: "Term Quotes" <Quote.Coverage@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: You can have peace of mind that your family is cared for.
>Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:16:02 -0600
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/html;
>         charset="iso-8859-1"
>Reply-To: Quote.Coverage@xxxxxxxxxxx
>X-MSMail-Priority: High
>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200
>
><http://mysite.verizon.net/web244wc/1.htm>
>[]

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>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:51:22 +0100
>From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON>
>To: postmaster
>To: <Quote.Coverage@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
>Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)
>
>The original message was received at Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:04:25 +0100
>from apache@[81.209.165.91]
>
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
><chunn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>     (reason: 553 5.3.5 system config error)
>
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>553 5.3.5 mmcable.com. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
>554 5.3.5 Local configuration error
>Reporting-MTA: dns; www.team-velocity.net
>Arrival-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:04:25 +0100
>
>Final-Recipient: RFC822; chunn@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Action: failed
>Status: 5.3.5
>Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 553 5.3.5 system config error
>Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:51:21 +0100
>Return-Path: <Quote.Coverage@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Received: from relay.verizon.net (apache@[81.209.165.91])
>         by www.team-velocity.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id
hAI54Oi20155;
>         Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:04:25 +0100
>Message-ID: <0000410a7cdc$000020f1$00002af8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <Friends>
>From: "Term Quotes" <Quote.Coverage@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: You can have peace of mind that your family is cared for.
>Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:21:53 01800
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/html;
>         charset="iso-8859-1"
>Reply-To: Quote.Coverage@xxxxxxxxxxx
>X-MSMail-Priority: High
>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
>
><http://mysite.verizon.net/web244wc/1.htm>
>[]