[ale] A Mail Question

[Robbie Honerkamp]

> > > OF the individuals I exchange e-mail with (about 15), _one_ no longer seems to
> > > go through, but gets stuck in my linux/sendmail mail spool until it expires.
> > > The rest transmit fine (other wise you wouldn't be reading this 8-)). The two
> > > part question I have is what is going on here, and how do I fix it?
> > >     ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > >  451 freemanv at kenyon.edu... kenyon.edu: Name server timeout
> > >  Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
> > >  Will keep trying until message is 5 days old
> > 
> > Your problem is that the domain can't be found:
> > 
> > nslookup kenyon.edu
> > 
> > *** No address (A) records available for kenyon.edu

But it should have gone through to the MX for kenyon.edu:

  bash$ nslookup
  Default Server:  ns1.private.mindspring.com
  Address:  192.168.254.4

  > set query=MX
  > kenyon.edu
  Server:  ns1.private.mindspring.com
  Address:  192.168.254.4

  KENYON.EDU      preference = 0, mail exchanger = kcvax3.KENYON.EDU
  KENYON.EDU      nameserver = vax001.KENYON.EDU
  KENYON.EDU      nameserver = ns2.sprintlink.net
  kcvax3.KENYON.EDU       internet address = 138.28.2.6
  vax001.KENYON.EDU       internet address = 138.28.1.2
  ns2.sprintlink.net      internet address = 199.2.252.10
  > 

kcvax3.kenyon.edu should be recieving mail destined for kenyon.edu.

The problem is on their end, not yours.

Robbie