Mail Domain

[jackal]

How to fix this?

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (Exim).

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

user@connectmail.ca
unrouteable mail domain "connectmail.ca"

[SoftmegUK]

Is "connectmail.ca" a site on your server or a site that your trying to send an email too?

[jackal]

Trying to send mail to.

[rnh]

uh, are you sure that that e-mail address actually exists?

[jackal]

yes

[rnh]

telnet connectmail.ca 25
Connecting To connectmail.ca...Could not open a connection to host on port 25 :
Connect failed

ping connectmail.ca
Unknown host connectmail.ca.

[jackal]

QUESTION SECTION:
connectmail.ca. IN ANY

AUTHORITY SECTION:
ca. 3598 IN SOA relay.cdnnet.ca. admin-dns.cira.ca. 2003041718 1800 900 4233600 3600

Query time: 422 msec
SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
WHEN: Thu Apr 17 21:44:33 2003
MSG SIZE rcvd: 96

[rnh]

well there's your problem... isn't it? Shouldn't the response look a little more like this:

gold# dig domain.com

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> domain.com
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; domain.com, type = A, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
domain.com. 1H IN A 209.92.33.170

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
domain.com. 1H IN NS dns1.domainbank.net.
domain.com. 1H IN NS dns2.domainbank.net.

;; Total query time: 5117 msec
;; FROM: server.com to SERVER: default -- 127.0.0.1
;; WHEN: Thu Apr 17 20:57:47 2003
;; MSG SIZE sent: 28 rcvd: 96

[jackal]

There is what problem the fact about the relay?