host domain

[Duboux]

Hi,

We have a domain for the box, like da.mydomain.com
But that actually leads to nowhere.
It can't be found by visitors, there's no site for it setup, and the domain can't be used when created on a new account.

Thusfar this wasn't any trouble.
The host domain and the dns servers on the da box weren't used, as we use a separate dns server (powerdns)

But, lately I caught an error-email from a mail-server that checks if the senders domain exists:

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

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:

receipient@[COLOR="DarkRed"]Grrrdomain.com[/COLOR]
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<receipient@Grrrdomain.com>:
host smtp-in.wanadoo.nl [80.12.242.218]: 553 <[email protected]>:
Sender address rejected: Domain not found

This email was created by some cgi mail script. But I don't understand how it could use the [email protected] mail address..



Then I checked the mail queue, and found another email address in there:
[email protected]



What can I do ?

 

[jlandes]

Add an Address (A) record in your mydomain.com DNS zone for the hostname that points to the server's IP. This will allow the hostname to resolve. For example:

Name: da
Type: A
Value: 1.2.3.4

 

[Duboux]

yeh, lol, I figured that out

There wasn't one

Now we know having a working hostname will be needed from the near future