The only backbone site the postings are going through is UGA.CC.UGA.EDU, which is our nearest gateway, but I passed the info on to the list owner. Thanks. C. David Young Central Systems Support University Of Texas At Arlington Voice: (817) 272-3666 Fax: (817) 272-5796 > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Weiss [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, April 17, 1998 10:48 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Weird subscription problem > > My guess is that subscribers in the INDIGO.IE domain receive > distributions via the LISRTSERV backbone site LISTSERV.HEA.IE and won't > show up in your SMTP logs per se. > > Also there are 4 mail exchangers for that hostname with at least 5 (and > possibly more) Domain Name Services for those MX hosts. This leaves some > latitude for mis-configured, out-of-sync MX or DNS: > > > Query:Mail Exchange (MX):indigo.ie > indigo.ie MX 10 una.indigo.ie > indigo.ie MX 50 smtpmail2.xensei.com > indigo.ie MX 5 mail.indigo.ie > indigo.ie MX 10 ann.indigo.ie > indigo.ie NS nessa.indigo.ie > indigo.ie NS owl.nstn.ca > indigo.ie NS ann.indigo.ie > indigo.ie NS una.indigo.ie > indigo.ie NS ns2.xensei.com > una.indigo.ie A 194.125.133.11 > mail.indigo.ie A 194.125.133.225 > mail.indigo.ie A 194.125.133.226 > mail.indigo.ie A 194.125.133.227 > ann.indigo.ie A 194.125.133.10 > nessa.indigo.ie A 194.125.133.10 > owl.nstn.ca A 137.186.128.11 > ns2.xensei.com A 198.151.175.4 > Complete: indigo.ie > > Nevertheless, the highest precedence MX is available: > > 220 relay02.indigo.ie ESMTP > help > 214-qmail home page: http://pobox.com/~djb/qmail.html > 214 send comments to [log in to unmask] > expn postmaster > 502 unimplemented (#5.5.1) > vrfy postmaster > 252 send some mail, i'll try my best > > -- > > > BTW, [log in to unmask] does seem to be working and able to process > commands: > > Return-Path: <> > Received: from PSUVM (NJE origin SMTP@PSUVM) by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (LMail > V1.2c/1.8c) with BSMTP id 4544; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:37:44 -0400 > Received: from listserv.hea.ie (193.1.198.5,2586) by PSUVM.PSU.EDU > (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Fri, 17 Apr 98 11:37:42 EST > Received: from listserv.hea.ie (listserv.heanet.ie [193.1.198.5]) > by listserv.hea.ie (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA26892 > for <[log in to unmask]>; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 16:42:15 +0100 (BST) > Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 16:42:15 +0100 > From: "L-Soft list server at HEAnet (1.8c)" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Output of your job "PMW1" > To: [log in to unmask] > > > thanks > You're welcome! > -- > > Thus you should probably mailto:[log in to unmask] as well as > the POSTMASTERs. > > /Pete > -- > > |Subscription options for Jt Thompson <[log in to unmask]>, list IOMUG: > | > |MAIL You are sent individual postings as they are received > |FULLHDR Full (normal) mail headers (formerly "FULLBSMTP") > |REPRO You receive a copy of your own postings > |NOACK No acknowledgement of successfully processed postings > | > |I get the same response when I query subscribers who are getting > postings. > |At first, I thought there might be something screwy with the address that > |prevented delivery, but the log does not show her as being one of the > |recipients being sent mail when a post to the list is processed. Does > |anyone have any clues as to what might be the problem?