Email woes

NocturnalGuy · 2011-11-08, 10:42

Any server/dns gurus around here? I'm having a terrible situation with my dedicated server, and the techs there are being no help whatsoever...

-server was replaced last week after motherboard failure
-now email delivery is fucked up for all domains
-emails from some senders get delivered fine, others just disappear - no delivery, no bounce

Any thoughts would be appreciated... I'm tearing my hair out here.

JangoFett · 2011-11-08, 11:27

Maybe something in the server name changed, but the MX record is pointing toward the old server. You can check your MX record here.

NocturnalGuy · 2011-11-08, 20:21

Nah, MX record is fine... thanks though. It's now looking like only email from Gmail and Google Apps is being affected. I have not had a good day.

RepoMan · 2011-11-09, 8:07

Maybe your server is set as an open relay right now?

http://www.abuse.net/relay.html

JangoFett · 2011-11-09, 8:58

Last week we were switching from gmail for business to Exchange online. There was a relay issue (550 5.4.1 relay access denied) that had to be fixed by using Windows Powershell. Configuring things with a command line interface felt like 1998 again.

Oh and the reason we switched? Some people didn't like the google calendars.

RepoMan · 2011-11-09, 9:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by JangoFett

Oh and the reason we switched? Some people didn't like the google calendars.

They didn't even want to use Sync? I have people here who are scared of change so I just have their Outlook syncing with Google Apps so they don't have to see the scary Google.

NocturnalGuy · 2011-11-09, 16:04

Great googly moogly! In the last few hours, all the test messages that I had sent since Monday, from various addresses, have appeared in my inbox. No explanation for the 24 hour+ delay...

JangoFett · 2011-11-09, 16:10

DNS propagation can take a day sometimes, good to know it's fixed. Now I can send you that Viagra offer you'd like.

RepoMan · 2011-11-09, 16:40

...great googly moogly, indeed.

NocturnalGuy · 2011-11-09, 16:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by JangoFett

DNS propagation can take a day sometimes, good to know it's fixed. Now I can send you that Viagra offer you'd like.

There were no DNS changes though, and on closer inspection only messages up to 10:30 yesterday morning have come through... still none of my tests from the rest of yesterday and this morning. Not fixed yet...