Re: tlug: Internet connections from Linux

[Rex Walters <rex@example.com>]

>>>>> Rex Walters writes:  (on 14 Oct 98)

> >>>>> Neil Booth writes:  (on 12 Oct 98)
> 
> > However, I'm unable to configure Netscape to send mail, because when I
> > put "mail.iname.com" as my outgoing mail server and press OK, it
> > complains about the host not being found.
> 
> Ah.  I see what is going on.  Netscape is asking for the name of a
> *server* that it can send smtp requests to.  The only dns records for
> mail.iname.com are MX records -- no CNAME or A records.  So when
> netscape tries to convert mail.iname.com to an IP address it fails.  Try
> using "mail.globecomm.net" (or one of its IP addresses) instead -- it's
> a valid MX for iname.com.

Yeesh.  I must have been hallucinating.  There is an A record for
mail.iname.com, but there is also an MX record.  Ask your ISP what you
should use as your SMTP server.

Script started on Wed Oct 14 11:17:25 1998

    [rex@example.com /tmp]$ dig mail.iname.com any

    ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> mail.iname.com any 
    ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
    ;; got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 4, Auth: 2, Addit: 13
    ;; QUESTIONS:
    ;;	mail.iname.com, type = ANY, class = IN

    ;; ANSWERS:
    mail.iname.com.	1769	MX	20 spool.globecomm.net.
    mail.iname.com.	1769	MX	30 mail.globecomm.net.
    mail.iname.com.	1769	MX	10 smv.globecomm.net.
    mail.iname.com.	3521	A	206.253.130.11

    ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
    iname.com.	3521	NS	ns1.globecomm.net.
    iname.com.	3521	NS	ns2.globecomm.net.

    ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
    spool.globecomm.net.	874	A	207.51.48.137
    mail.globecomm.net.	874	A	165.251.8.84
    mail.globecomm.net.	874	A	165.251.8.94
    mail.globecomm.net.	874	A	207.51.48.138
    mail.globecomm.net.	874	A	206.253.130.31
    mail.globecomm.net.	874	A	206.253.130.41
    mail.globecomm.net.	874	A	206.253.130.51
    mail.globecomm.net.	874	A	165.251.8.74
    smv.globecomm.net.	874	A	206.253.130.31
    smv.globecomm.net.	874	A	206.253.130.41
    smv.globecomm.net.	874	A	207.51.48.138
    ns1.globecomm.net.	162168	A	207.51.48.20
    ns2.globecomm.net.	170804	A	207.51.48.22

    ;; Total query time: 63 msec
    ;; FROM: billiards to SERVER: default -- 144.48.49.3
    ;; WHEN: Wed Oct 14 11:17:41 1998
    ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 377

    [rex@example.com /tmp]$ exit
    exit

    Script done on Wed Oct 14 11:17:53 1998

Regards,
-- 
Rex
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