Topic: Email problem 2nd Domains email undeliverable

[cidhosting]

The original message was received at Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:38:41 -0400
from pimout6-int.prodigy.net [207.115.4.22]

   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<consultant@brill-idea-solutions.com>

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 5.1.2 <consultant@brill-idea-solutions.com>... Host unknown (Name server: mail.brill-idea-solutions.com.brill-idea-solutions.com.: host not found)

Reporting-MTA: dns; ylpvm15.prodigy.net
Received-From-MTA: DNS; pimout6-int.prodigy.net
Arrival-Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:38:41 -0400

Final-Recipient: RFC822; consultant@brill-idea-solutions.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.2
Remote-MTA: DNS; mail.brill-idea-solutions.com.brill-idea-solutions.com
Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:38:41 -0400


ping mail.brill-idea-solutions.com

Pinging mail.brill-idea-solutions.com [66.126.84.172] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 66.126.84.172: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=150
Reply from 66.126.84.172: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=150
Reply from 66.126.84.172: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=150
Reply from 66.126.84.172: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=150

Ping statistics for 66.126.84.172:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

[ldkeen]

According to this http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/mail.ch?domain=consultant@brill-idea-solutions.com the MX record either isnt present or is misconfigured. Do you manage the dns records for that domain or does someone else do it. If you manage the dns you might have to login to the dns management page for that domain and check the MX records.
Lloyd

[JonB]

This is your problem

Host unknown (Name server: mail.brill-idea-solutions.com.brill-idea-solutions.com.: host not found)

It is not a valid domain. As Lloyd has said, you have misconfigured your MX record. In fact it looks like you have run one domain into the other.

[mmccarn]

mail.brill-idea-solutions.com.brill-idea-solutions.com

Note the doubled domain name - so even if "brill-idea-solutions.com" is configured correctly, "mail.brill-idea-solutions.com.brill-idea-solutions.com" is not.

I have seen this behavior on my SME 7 system from alpha 2 through RC3 (I haven't updated to Final yet) - where the SME server domain name gets added to the tail end of email addresses and URLs when accessed from my Windows XP workstation or from the server.

I can get around it by adding a trailing dot to the URL or email address - "admin@mail.brill-idea-solutions.com.", but this is not a solution, only a step towards understanding.

I've observed this behavior, but haven't spent any time or effort trying to resolve it as it doesn't impact my operation.

My original assumption was that it was related to having setup a DynDNS account for my server with "wildcard" turned on, but I have since turned off the "wildcard" setting on my DynDNS data with no change to this issue.

[cidhosting]

Thank You the DNS server was missing the . after the domain name.