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From: Sascha Cunz <sascha-ml@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] netqmail fails to do CNAME lookup for lists.gentoo.org
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:17:38
Message-Id: 1482066.gRzS17GXcR@blacky
1 Hi list,
2
3 I'm glad to see that my mail from yesterday did finally leave the queue
4 of my netqmail install.
5
6 I'm recently having trouble to send mail to lists.gentoo.org via my
7 netqmail. It says that it is _temporarily_ unable to do a CNAME lookup.
8 But mails stay in queue until they eventually bounce. I have now configured
9 a static smtp route to pigeon.gentoo.org and mails seem to go through.
10
11 I'm currently using google's DNS in /etc/resolv.conf (But the results from
12 the DNS server of my ISP are the same):
13
14 I think that the real problem is, that $(dig @8.8.8.8 lists.gentoo.org any) [1]
15 doesn't give me a MX-Record at all. Also, directly asking for a MX-Record
16 doesn't seem to report one[2].
17
18 I'm not too deep into DNS, so I'm asking for any clues on how to really
19 solve this issue?
20
21 Sascha
22
23 [1]
24 $ dig @8.8.8.8 list.gentoo.org any
25
26 ; <<>> DiG 9.9.2 <<>> @8.8.8.8 list.gentoo.org any
27 ; (1 server found)
28 ;; global options: +cmd
29 ;; Got answer:
30 ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 4294
31 ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 6, ADDITIONAL: 1
32
33 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
34 ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
35 ;; QUESTION SECTION:
36 ;list.gentoo.org. IN ANY
37
38 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
39 gentoo.org. 1389 IN SOA ns1.gentoo.org. hostmaster.gentoo.org. 1363715159 3600 3602 604800 3600
40 gentoo.org. 1389 IN RRSIG SOA 5 2 86400 20130915164614 20130319164614 52980 gentoo.org. jWJE78zdR5x+B/N7H21C76vAW7RptfAaxb5fcXayB5Vx2zwhdCKWpcNa oGwF0lNrJz+7d48FsY3YQpg6+HwEHVLUa+wSe3jZZeQr6qTWwskL4BsY 7xQIvo6CcbXr+q+Rdpjuae6Gi9BZ1wrj2r1VQCijYjKwX32qq+kiqyK+ ibevmHpI1tFydk5DYlYtDMoLD7dPyW46TH/Wtj4yEGHAyQ==
41 gentoo.org. 3189 IN NSEC _include.gentoo.org. A NS SOA MX TXT RRSIG NSEC DNSKEY
42 gentoo.org. 3189 IN RRSIG NSEC 5 2 3600 20130915164614 20130319164614 52980 gentoo.org. OlIMzTIsTuwQqg2Jh/i7kCPCBl72gDz2zb33DLloua7LMJU9zs+3Fy52 AFIJ2BouWg0cIKouBXaVPX7DInly61KZ7WE8BBe1eXdq5ExCsyybE3F9 nYzM/3oPEdQ1sQoMyefsIG/JB8+9kbvKbhfpLercMVpSjLTSOWztvEBA HHZee0E4mH/EcviPCkjR/4BWAvlYWTeiVb6xT2CXA5WmxA==
43 ldap5.gentoo.org. 3189 IN NSEC lists.gentoo.org. CNAME RRSIG NSEC
44 ldap5.gentoo.org. 3189 IN RRSIG NSEC 5 3 3600 20130915164614 20130319164614 52980 gentoo.org. cIzfv2GF4UTkZaTkkvadlLNyG6oZ4IRb30AXZGfmMeA+PoohDJtHF23q m8NOGjxa1z2y0ytb83PZFb6SCckpj9xE5C0oSIeMRsg51Vhb6pR0u2We IyWRfHBArkCVHEVbuys1IdDnQrPjODhW5epdEjpjKUn6+Zzao82uBCfv LyA/0sAqs0+qYrw+mVdZIAeuJKdywehKnnXVN05ndkuuRA==
45
46 ;; Query time: 64 msec
47 ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
48 ;; WHEN: Sat Mar 23 12:56:33 2013
49 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 787
50
51 [2]
52 $ dig @8.8.8.8 list.gentoo.org mx
53
54 ; <<>> DiG 9.9.2 <<>> @8.8.8.8 list.gentoo.org mx
55 ; (1 server found)
56 ;; global options: +cmd
57 ;; Got answer:
58 ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 54012
59 ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
60
61 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
62 ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
63 ;; QUESTION SECTION:
64 ;list.gentoo.org. IN MX
65
66 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
67 gentoo.org. 959 IN SOA ns1.gentoo.org. hostmaster.gentoo.org. 1363715159 3600 3602 604800 3600
68
69 ;; Query time: 60 msec
70 ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
71 ;; WHEN: Sat Mar 23 13:12:34 2013
72 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 95

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