E-mail server problems

[fdnven]

So i finally got my DNS to read my site.

I run a report from http://www.dnsreport.com

I get a RED error when e-mail is concerned the error is thus:

Connect to mail servers=
ERROR: I could not complete a connection to any of your mailservers!

mail.gotcanyons.net: Could not connect without glue or A record.

If this is a timeout problem, note that the DNS report only waits about 40 seconds for responses, so your mail may work fine in this case but you will need to use testing tools specifically designed for such situations.

Reverse DNS entries for MX records=

ERROR: None of your mail server(s) seem to have reverse DNS (PTR) entries (I didn't get any responses for them). RFC1912 2.1 says you should have a reverse DNS for all your mail servers. It is strongly urged that you have them, as many mailservers will not accept mail from mailservers with no reverse DNS entry. You can double-check using the 'Reverse DNS Lookup' tool at the DNSstuff site (it contacts your servers in real time; the reverse DNS lookups in the DNS report use our local caching DNS server).


I set gotcanyons.net as the MX entry in WHM.

Any Ideas?

[Lyttek]

After looking at your DNS via a couple of sites:

1) it doesn't appear that you have an A record for mail.gotcanyons.net
For MX entries, the resolutions is thus: who handles mail? mail.gotcanyons.net; what's the IP for mail.gotcanyons.net? Dunno... that's what's missing.

2) your nameserver records at your domain registrar and in your DNS account don't match... your DNS is missing ns6.easydns.net and remote3.easydns.com. These two servers are listed at your registrar, but not in your DNS settings. This can cause issues.

3) reverse DNS for mail servers won't be able to work, even if configured, until #1 is fixed. It may or may not be correct right now.

[anup123]

The issue was raised by me in one of the thread as to why the template doesn't have a A record for mail and then a MX record on that. The absence of this would cause a RED Flag at DNS report for all sites hosted on dedicated IP address, unless you manually do the changes.

Anup

[fdnven]

[QUOTE=Lyttek]After looking at your DNS via a couple of sites:

1) it doesn't appear that you have an A record for mail.gotcanyons.net
For MX entries, the resolutions is thus: who handles mail? mail.gotcanyons.net; what's the IP for mail.gotcanyons.net? Dunno... that's what's missing.

This is how gotcanyons.net looks in the DNS zone editor:

gotcanyons.net. A 207.210.96.120
gotcanyons.net. MX 1 mail.gotcanyons.net.
mail.gotcanyons.net A 207.210.96.120

2) your nameserver records at your domain registrar and in your DNS account don't match... your DNS is missing ns6.easydns.net and remote3.easydns.com. These two servers are listed at your registrar, but not in your DNS settings. This can cause issues.

I am guessing that in the DNS Zone editor i need Add those under:
Add New Entries Below this Line

When i do add the new NS the TTL Number stays the same as the NS that are already listed in the zone?

3) reverse DNS for mail servers won't be able to work, even if configured, until #1 is fixed. It may or may not be correct right now.

I am unable to find a lnik in WHM to reverse DNS. Is there a link and i just missed it.

[anup123]

[QUOTE=fdnven]

After looking at your DNS via a couple of sites:

I am unable to find a lnik in WHM to reverse DNS. Is there a link and i just missed it.

PTR record would have to be added by DC

Anup

[Lyttek]

mail.gotcanyons.net A 207.210.96.120

make sure there is a . after the net; that could make a difference.

Also, forgot to mention that the report shows ns0.gotcanyons.net as the SOA nameserver, which doesn't exist.

[fdnven]

make sure there is a . after the net; that could make a difference.

Also, forgot to mention that the report shows ns0.gotcanyons.net as the SOA nameserver, which doesn't exist.

I tried to add a . after the net it thru up a error. Her are some snapshots of my zone set-up.

dns zone

And snapshot of error:

error

[fdnven]

Man i feel stupid now.

All DNS info goes to my domain register ie easydns.

I was trying to edit my zone in WMH

Works great now.

Thanks.

[Lyttek]

Heh... yeah, things like that can be a head-slapper