Local mail exchange and remote website? FIXED

[Tom Ostlund]

In WHM under the DNS Functions, changing 

mail 301 in cname websitename.com --> to  --> mail 14400 in A IP_ADDRESS
is the change that needed to be made. 

Now it all works. 

Thanks to all 

Tom

On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 08:28 -0700, Tom Ostlund wrote:

> Hello All, 
> 
> My problem relates to receiving mail. It gets returned with that error
> message that I posted. 
> 
> I am so frustrated. All because the company that gave me a free site
> for two years did it in asp... ugh! 
> 
> Thanks all for your help, I am still looking for the correct entries
> to have the mail exchange local and the site hosted on a different ip
> address. 
> 
> Thanks
> Tom
> 
> On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 08:14 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote: 
> 
> > On 10/18/2010 07:55 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> > > HI Tom;
> > >
> > > These guys are correct, your mail server is not exchanging any
> > > authentication but expecting it.
> > >
> > > WHM and Cpanel use different mail tools depending in what exactly is
> > > available and embraced/installed by your hoster.
> > >
> > > http://www.cpanel.net/products/cpanelwhm/features.html
> > >
> > > If you have it, use the WHM mail troubleshooter:
> > >
> > > http://www.webhostingresourcekit.com/flash/whm/whm10_x_mail.html
> > >
> > > Most web hosters use the WHM mail tool because of the many issues with
> > > insecure mail scripts cgi hacked.  This simply means that your server is
> > > sending mail FROM ITSELF (not necessarily for/to the domain) using WHM.
> > >
> > > 1) MX for your domain (so that your new server will be used for MAIL
> > > XFER [if you are already using another mail service and have a 0 or 1
> > > priority MX record, just add a second MX for your offsite mailer IP
> > > machinename (which MUST match the reverse in-addr-arpa IP address and
> > > name the server presents itself as PER the RFC)]
> > >
> > > http://www.gregrobert.com/mxsetup.php
> > 
> > Sorry Lisa, but I think you're off base here. If I understand Matt's 
> > situation correctly, he's having a problem sending email. MX records 
> > only come into play for receiving email. You can send all day long with 
> > no MX record(s) at all. ;) He shouldn't need to touch any DNS MX 
> > configuration. Of course, the destination/recipient domains would need 
> > appropriate DNS MX records.
> > 
> > > 2) Mailer to allow specific IP addresses to access and relay without
> > > authentication.
> > >
> > > If you find you are not using WHM, but have another mail server, it's
> > > going to be configurable within Cpanel or WHM also.
> > >
> > > This is generally in /etc/mail or /etc/postfix and is usually called
> > > *relay* something.  But refer to specific documentation for your mail
> > > transport tool.
> > >
> > > I.E. google "How do I configure relay hosts in postfix"  for instance.
> > > GoDaddy does have ssh or ftp.  You can change configuration files with
> > > ftp, where you generally would be vim editing the file and restarting
> > > the mail daemon.  Generally CPanel and WHM have tools to manage
> > > everything available on the server.
> > >
> > > I am familiar with setting up Cpanel and WHM on servers as well as
> > > working within them for various shops through the years.  If you have
> > > questions you can email or call me off list.
> > >
> > > So much of the specifics of your hoster are guessed by us, wouldn't this
> > > question best be crafted and packaged for their support email or process?
> > >
> > 
> > This part's right on. ;)
> > 
> 
> 
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