[Cialug] email problems

[pmcgillan at pateri.com]

Thanks Josh,

Went out and added the MX record at register.com. Sometimes the simpler
answers elude me. Will know in a little while if it works. Some places
must do some backwards looking to see if its a valid address.

Patrick

On Mon, October 20, 2008 8:44 am, Josh More wrote:
> Just a guess here, but I think it's complaining because your MX record
> points to pateri.com, i.e. the "top" of your DNS hierarchy.
>
> Try pointing it to mail.pateri.com, and creating an A record for
> mail.pateri.com that points to 75.170.194.215 .
>
> You might also want to set up domainkeys or an SPF record while you're
> at it.
>
>
>
> -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC
> morej at alliancetechnologies.net 515-245-7701
>
>
>>>> <pmcgillan at pateri.com> 10/20/08 8:38 AM >>>
>>>>
> Hey,
>
>
> I am trying to set up exim email services here at home on my domain,
> pateri.com, but am getting this error.
>
> Client host rejected: Please use SMTP relay of your ISP or setup
> non-generic DNS
>
> I have a DSL line from qwest
>
>
>
> --
> Patrick
>
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Patrick