WOW! faster than a speeding packet!
thanx (so far) to: stan horwitz, allan johannesen, sean o'connell,
burch seymour, bob sloan, santosh krishnan, oisin mdguinness, peter olson
summaries below, but the consensus is that the problem is on the other
end not mine, and that the researchers' email address is not an indication
of where the popserver is at the other end.
also thanx for the tips on switches to nslookup, etc. bless you all and have a
good weekend!
From stan_at_thunder.ocis.temple.edu
There's probably nothing you can do because from the way you explained
the problem, the fault lies on the researcher's system in that its
probably not registered on the Internet properly.
From aej_at_WPI.EDU
You should email postmaster_at_psych.kun.nl and ask whether there is a pop server
in the domain. psych.kun.nl is a mail exchange. Mail is sent to the MX
systems in that domain. The top one is 'vms' which is bad news; if it is a vms
machine it may not serve mail.
> set q=any
> psych.kun.nl.
From sto_at_stat.Duke.EDU
I am not sure the exact solution, but by using whois, I found
their nameservers and technical contacts:
whois -h domain-registry.nl kun.nl
Domain name:
kun.nl
<snip>
From bseymour_at_encore.com
I don't know how to fix the problem. It's probably on their end. If you
bring up nslookup and do this:
> set type=mx
> kun.nl
You'll get a whole bunch of information. What *I* think that means is that
they are open for telnet 25 (SMTP) connections, but probably not
for POP, and that the particular server, psych, is hidden.
That would explain why you can send mail to their mail hub, but
cannot see the users particular server.
From SLOANE_at_KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU
The address is an Mail eXchange record. You can find out the name to
use in Eudora by doing:
nslookup -q=mx psych.kun.nl
From santosh_at_heplinux1.uta.edu
maybe that machine has an MX entry instead of an A entry. This way, mail
will go through, but nothing else.
From oisin_at_sbcm.com
Perhaps they actually get mail through a separate machine.
The nslookup log below shows mail for psych.kun.nl goes to
vms.uci.kun.nl.
Of course, it is not clear from this which machine would be running
the pop server or whatever Eudora connects to.
From PETER_at_delphi.com
Frequently e-mail to a domain is serviced by machines specifically
designated for that task. The domain itself does not have to correspond
to a real machine, hence need not have an A record. However, it will
have one or more MX (Mail Exchanger) records:
In the example above, there are three mail exchangers, with differing numeric
priorities. The one with the lowest numbered value takes priority unless it
is unavailable, etc. So in this case, mail is received for psych.kun.nl by
vms.uci.kun.nl, so try pointing your POP client at that address. (This isn't
guaranteed to work, since it may be a mail gateway to another system, but
it's worth a try.) The other possibility is to point at whatever machine
you telnet to when logging in, since that is presumably where your actual
e-mail is stored.
original post:
hi there, we have 2 visiting researchers here who would like to check thier
> mail back home in the netherlands- here's the deal:
> i CAN mail to their email accounts. when they try to check their mail
> (through eudora) they get a "host not found" message. when i do a
> ping psych.kun.nl i get an "unknown host" mesg. when i do an nslookup
> of the address i get a "no address (A) records available for psych.kun.nl
>
> i have a hosts=local,bind,yp entry in svc.conf
> our DNS is running.
> i searched the archives-found nothing
> anyone seen this or point me in the right direction?
> thanx! (will summ.)
Received on Fri Apr 17 1998 - 22:02:21 NZST