Mail redirect malfunction

[Deltafox]

hello,

i have some problem with mail redirects, the server receives the mail for a redirect account but cannot send it to the redirect address.

log file error:

"C:\Program Files\SWsoft\Plesk\MailEnable\Logging\SMTP\SMTP-Debug-040924.log":

09/24/04 17:58:10 Error (1460): Could not resolve MX list for domain [hotmail.com]
09/24/04 17:58:10 [58A00A8E82114EB1825C0BD27C08.MAI] Sending message
09/24/04 17:58:10 [58A00A8E82114EB1825C0BD27C08.MAI] - SMTP Connection DNS Server could not resolve domain name (hotmail.com) in a timely fashion. Check DNS Server settings.
09/24/04 17:58:10 [58A00A8E82114EB1825C0BD27C08.MAI] Message Delivery Failure. Attempt (0): Could not find mail server for domain (hotmail.com). The remote mail server could not be contacted at this time. Message has been requeued.

i have tested several nameservers

does anybody know something about this?

 

[Deltafox]

here you can see that the lookup for mx works properly:

> set type=mx
> hotmail.com
Server: UnKnown
Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Non-authoritative answer:
hotmail.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx4.hotmail.com
hotmail.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx1.hotmail.com
hotmail.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx2.hotmail.com
hotmail.com MX preference = 5, mail exchanger = mx3.hotmail.com

hotmail.com nameserver = ns4.hotmail.com
hotmail.com nameserver = ns1.hotmail.com
hotmail.com nameserver = ns2.hotmail.com
hotmail.com nameserver = ns3.hotmail.com
mx1.hotmail.com internet address = 64.4.50.50
mx1.hotmail.com internet address = 64.4.50.99
mx1.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.166.99
mx1.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.252.99
mx2.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.190.50
mx2.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.252.230
mx2.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.166.230
mx2.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.190.7
mx3.hotmail.com internet address = 64.4.50.179
mx3.hotmail.com internet address = 64.4.50.239
mx3.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.167.5
mx3.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.253.99
mx4.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.190.230
mx4.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.253.230
mx4.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.167.230
mx4.hotmail.com internet address = 65.54.190.179
ns1.hotmail.com internet address = 216.200.206.140
ns2.hotmail.com internet address = 216.200.206.139
ns3.hotmail.com internet address = 209.185.130.68
ns4.hotmail.com internet address = 64.4.29.24
>


xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx = dns server i use

 

[Deltafox]

ok finaly i fixxed it, yeehaa

solution:

running diagnostics:
"C:\Program Files\SWsoft\Plesk\MailEnable\Bin\MEDIAG.EXE"

running install tool again:
"C:\Program Files\SWsoft\Plesk\MailEnable\Bin\MEACTWIZ.EXE"

run regedit and search for the old DNS IP, replace with new one

reboot

that's pretty well it....

bye

 

[jjjheimer]

sweet - thanks for posting this. It probably saved me a headache.