On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 14:01 +0100, Joebstl Thomas wrote: > Hi James, > > MX-records must point to A-records and not to IP adresses. > A "dig -t AXFR obrien-pifer.com @ns1.obrien-pifer.com | grep MX" returns: > mail.obrien-pifer.com. 38400 IN MX 1 > 70.62.90.185.obrien-pifer.com. > > Whereas you list "mail.obrien-pifer.com. IN MX 1 70.62.90.185" > in your config. > > So your setup is invalid because: > - you're pointing your one and only MX record directly to an IP > - since it is interpreted as host and missing a "." at the end it's > expanded to "70.62.90.185.obrien-pifer.com." which doesnt exist > - it's a MX record for mail.obrien-pifer.com and not obrien-pifer.com > > Your whole definition of the MX record looks goofy to me, dont want to > sound like an a.. but you better (re)read some tutorials on setting up DNS. > I really wonder if you receive the reply at all. > > Regards, > Thomas Thomas, Can you tell me if it looks better now? Thanks, James