DNS MX Record Problem

[celtic]

Following the 3 pictures attached we can see that:

1) MX Record is configured in ISPConfig
2) MX Record is configured in the zone file
3) MXLookup tool keeps saying no MX Record exists


4) Mail Server is a MS Exchange working properly
5) We are not receiving any e-mail on the jfo.pt domain

Help is very much appreciated.

Kind Regards and Thanks in advance

[edge]

The MX record can not be an IP. It should point to the A record "afonso"

So: afonso MX 10 212.13.x.x. is wrong.
It should be like: afonso MX 10 afonso.jfo.pt.

In records, click on the IP nr thats under Mailserver.
Change the IP nr to: afonso (or if you like to: afonso.jfo.pt)
Change the Hostname to: @

[celtic]

So it should be like this?

$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA jfo.nortenet.pt. jfo.jfo.pt. (
2007052602 ; serial, todays date + todays serial #
28800 ; refresh, seconds
7200 ; retry, seconds
604800 ; expire, seconds
86400 ) ; minimum, seconds
;
NS jfo.nortenet.pt. ; Inet Address of name server 1
NS ns1.twisted4life.com. ; Inet Address of name server 2
;

@ MX 10 afonso.jfo.pt.

jfo.pt. A 212.13.41.2
www A 212.13.41.2
afonso A 212.13.49.200

[celtic]

Update:

1) MXlookup web site now reports the correct mail server.

2) All e-mail ending in @jfo.pt is rejected: 550: Recipient Address Rejected: user unknown in local recipient table.

Seems to me that inspite of the MX record the server keeps "owning" my jfo.pt e-mails.

Kind Regards and Thanks in advance

[falko]

Originally Posted by celtic

2) All e-mail ending in @jfo.pt is rejected: 550: Recipient Address Rejected: user unknown in local recipient table.

This means that the receiving server doesn't know that it's responsible for the mails, i.e., it isn't configured to receive emails for the domain.
What MTA do you use on the receiving server? Postfix?

[edge]

falko,

He is using MS Exchange

[falko]

Originally Posted by edge

He is using MS Exchange

Then I can't help him, I guess...

[celtic]

The thing is if I decide to give Domain authority to may ISP all mail works well because I just ask for a MX record for mail server 212.13.49.200 and a host record for www.jfo.pt.

What I am trying to do is get independent of ISP's and take control of my domain.

The thing is that it seems that my Ubuntu server is not letting go of the mails to the mail server and is checking if the users exist instead of simply passing them to the proper server to check. Is there any place to check outside of ISPConfig to prevent such behavior?

PS1: I am a MS Exchange specialist and can assure you that the MS Exchange is in perfect condition.

PS2: my var/log/mail.log.* files reach more than 3Gb. Is that normal or should I check those files to find some wrong behavior.

[edge]

The thing is that your MX record (that is for mail) is pointing to the MS Exchange server. (afonso.jfo.pt).
So theoretically the mail will (should) never go to the Ubuntu server!

Are you seeing anything in the logfiles from MS Exchange?

[edge]

I've just done a DNS report on your domain again, and it looks like you have changed some things again.

You will need to set the MX record in both namserver (jfo.nortenet.pt, ns1.twisted4life.com)