mail problem

[cazny]

Specs: DirectAdmin
Fedora Core 2
Celeron 2.4GHz

I have a little problem. I use dns servers outside of box. I put in the dns configuration file.
mail.domain.net MX 10 N/A 86400
mail.domain.net A 64.247.16.106 N/A 86400 (being 64.. the ip address of domain.net)
pop.domain.net A 64.247.16.106 N/A 86400

With this configuration the email is not working. What else do I have put so the mail works? (the ip of the server? xxx.xxx.181.137

I need to put some .cgi files that are outside the cgi-bin directory, althought I have ExecGGI enabled in that directory and the cgi script works fine in the cgi-bin but when i place any script outside the cgi-bin i get "premature ends of scripts headers". (note. the scripts works, it has 755 and the right owners).

Do you have any idea of why I get "premature ends of script headers"?
I've checked everything I know and I couldn't find the reason.

 

[nobaloney]

I have no idea what N/A means.

When I look up the MX record for mail.domain.net, I get:

mail.domain.net. 86400 IN CNAME mail.domain.net.criticalpath.net.

So I presume you're not really mail.domain.data, and that you're probably obscuring your DNS data.

There's not a DNS expert in the world who can help you if you won't post your real DNS data for the domain in question.

To learn why, read Don't Obscrure your DNS Data.

Jeff

 

[cazny]

I know

mail.ithaki.net MX 10 N/A 86400
mail.ithaki.net A 64.247.16.106 N/A 86400 (being 64.. the ip address of todalanet.net)
pop.ithaki.net A 64.247.16.106 N/A 86400

Thats my site and DNS info. Please help.

 

[nobaloney]

mail.ithaki.net MX 10 N/A 86400
mail.ithaki.net A 64.247.16.106 N/A 86400 (being 64.. the ip address of todalanet.net)
pop.ithaki.net A 64.247.16.106 N/A 86400

That's not standard DNS syntax. And I still don't know what some of those fields mean.

But I can guess, since DNS Report tells me your nameservers are at DNS provider everydns.net, and their webpage and DNS Report both tell me that it's running Dan Bernstein's Tiny DNS.

What I can't tell is whether you've set up an MX record for mail.ithaki.net or for ithaki.net, but my guess is you've set one up for mail.ithaki.net, since DNS Report reports that it can't find any mx records for ithaki.net, and I can't either.

I can find an mx record for mail.ithaki.net, pointing to 10.mx.mail.ithaki.net , and one pointing to 64.247.16.106.

So mail for anyone at mail.ithaki.net is being directed to 10.mx.mail.ithaki.net, which resolves to 66.13.9.73.141, and if that doesn't respond, then perhaps to 64.247.16.106 (I write perhaps because directing an MX record directly to an IP# isn't allowed in DNS, and many mail servers will ignore it).

And mail to anyone at ithaki.net, in the absence of any MX records, is being directed (via the A record for ithaki.net, which is 66.13.9.73.141.

If that's not the IP# of your mailserver, then that's why no one is getting any email.

There's nothing wrong with using free DNS servers if you know what you're doing, but there's a reason, a good one, why lots of people running lots of domains, pay me and other DNS providers what adds up to a lot of money to run DNS for them.

Since you're not running DNS on your DA server, then it's not really an issue for these forums.

May I suggest you check here to see your DNS Report output and fix your DNS .

Jeff