Fri, 7 Nov 1997 08:27:51 -0500
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| 6 11/03 11/05 A. User <[log in to unmask]>
| Last error: SMTP; 553 <[log in to unmask]>...
| Access Denied,name ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU
unknown to
| DNS
Hard to tell, BUT, mail to [log in to unmask] is "resolved" thus:
dig BELLATLANTIC.NET mx
Ques: 1, Ans: 4, Auth: 8, Addit: 11
; ANSWERS:
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 122065 IN MX 15 mail4.BELLATLANTIC.NET.
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 122065 IN MX 15 mail6.BELLATLANTIC.NET.
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 122065 IN MX 5 pmdfsrv.BELLATLANTIC.NET.
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 122065 IN MX 15 mail3.BELLATLANTIC.NET.
; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 161815 IN NS watcherdc.ops.balink.com.
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 161815 IN NS world1.BELLATLANTIC.NET.
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 161815 IN NS world2.BELLATLANTIC.NET.
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 161815 IN NS world3.BELLATLANTIC.NET.
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 161815 IN NS world4.BELLATLANTIC.NET.
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 161815 IN NS world5.BELLATLANTIC.NET.
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 161815 IN NS world6.BELLATLANTIC.NET.
ELLATLANTIC.NET. 161815 IN NS world7.BELLATLANTIC.NET.
i.e., when the client SMTP tries to figure out the IP address of the mail
exchanger, it will query up to eight different domain name servers.
Instead of the IP address returned, the DNS returned four different host
names. The client SMTP will then try to resolve THAT host name to an IP
address. ASS-U-ME-ing that these table are all in-synch and correct, it
will then deliver to the loweest numbered MX host that is currently
available. That might not be the same host as the user's mail box, and
internal mechanisms at the MX host should then deliver it properly.
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