RE: Strange email sending problem

I've found this site useful.  You can do test mails to a site and find out a
bunch of stuff
http://www.dnsstuff.com/


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> From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [SMTP:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 3:06 PM
> To:   Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject:      RE: Strange email sending problem
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> I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but, if you go to 
> http://www.zmailer.org/mxverify-cgi.html
> and look up dilgardfoods.com you'll see that it finds two mx records 
> (always better to have more than one).  A "very weak" tradition is to use 
> mail1.xyz.com and mail2.xyz.com.  Seeing an entirely different domain, 
> (which I assume is because of an outside virus cleaning service), might 
> confuse people.  Or at least throw up an alarm.  That is his theory.
> 
> Rob Berendt
> -- 
> Group Dekko Services, LLC
> Dept 01.073
> PO Box 2000
> Dock 108
> 6928N 400E
> Kendallville, IN 46755
> http://www.dekko.com
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> > A few things I would be concerned about, your AS400 does not 
> > seam to be an MX record in your domain, your IP address 
> > resolves back to a DSL name. I would have to bet that they 
> > check email going to a phone pretty close to make sure it is 
> > not spam. And that stuff makes it look like spam. 
> 
> I gather what you are saying is there is a problem because our iSeries at
> 192.168.0.1 is "as400.dilgard.com" on our internal network and my email
> address is "@dilgardfoods.com"?  Out iSeries does not have an externally
> routable IP address.  It's behind a firewall and router.
> 
> I'm dense on this stuff.  If the above is what you're trying to say, 
> you'll
> have to explain it in more detail.  Why isn't it a problem when I email
> elsewhere?
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> -- 
> Jeff Crosby
> Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
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> The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
> company.  Unless I say so.
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