Re: WAN Issue

From: istong@stong.org
Date: Mon Jul 28 2008 - 17:59:18 ART


What's the domain name you want to receive mail for? Do you
have an MX record setup in DNS and a reverse DNS entry
setup? What does dig or nslookup return for your domain with
a type set to MX?

Ian
www.CCIE4u.com
discounted rack rentals and lab scenarios

> I can`t receive email from yahoo,gmail as wellbut every
> other thing I can do,surf,chat send mail,within my LAN and
> als oto internet the only thing I can`t get is when people
> on the internet send me a mail.
>
> Please someone help me, thanks.
>
>
> On 7/28/08, istong@stong.org <istong@stong.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > The fact that you can't receive email could be a number
> > of other reasons as well. I'm curious, can you receive
> > mail from other domains and just not hotmail? You may
> > want to try yahoo or some other remote mail system as
> > well. I suggest that because hotmail has various
> > controls in place that may essentially be blacklisting
> > your IP. Have you checked to see if your IP or subnet
> > is blacklisted or listed in any or the RBL's? There are
> > various sites you can go to and easily check to rule
> > that out. Let me know if you need help with that after
> doing a web search. >
> > Lastly have you tried capturing packets on your end to
> > see if the remote email systems attempt a connection.
> > That would help you narrow down the possibilities. Of
> > course do ensure your forward and reverse DNS is setup
> as mentioned. >
> >
> > Ian
> > www.CCIE4u.com
> > discounted rack rentals and lab scenarios
> >
> >
> >
> > > Unfortunately my life is too much small enterprise
> > > exchange issues lately...
> > >
> > > I agree with Jerry on this...
> > >
> > > One other thing you have to consider....
> > >
> > > Many domains (aol, gmail) require a PTR record for the
> > > IP to a valid dns record. Some it must match the
> > > forward dns record...
> > >
> > > i.e.
> > >
> > > if your sending mail from
> > >
> > > mail.company.com (9.9.9.9)
> > >
> > > You will need a PTR (reverse dns record) of 9.9.9.9 ->
> > > mail.company.com
> > >
> > > If you give up (highly recommended) just sign up for
> > > Postini. It takes about 3 hours to get the set-up
> > > instructions, and about 1 hour to setup. But its more
> > > than worth it and you'll never waste time again. It
> > > costs about $50 to $300 a year.
> > >
> > > -Joe
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> > > [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > > jerry.du@accenture.com Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008
> > > 5:30 AM To: sameoj@gmail.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: RE: WAN Issue
> > >
> > > You need get MX record in DNS and point to your
> > > webserver public ip address. Thanks /Jerry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> > > [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of oluwaseyi
> > > ojo Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:54 PM
> > > To: Cisco certification
> > > Subject: WAN Issue
> > >
> > > Hi SG,
> > > I am having a serious issue with my WAN router. I have
> > > an outlook webserver
> > > that has both private and public addresses.
> > > Here is the connection:
> > >
> > > webserver------>switch------>router----->internet
> > >
> > > The private address is what LAN users use to access
> > > the webserver while anybody on the internet use the
> > > public address.
> > >
> > > The issue am having is that I can send mail from my
> > > LAN to the internet using this webserver but i don`t
> > > get to receive mails.
> > >
> > > I did a test and sent mail from my webserver which is
> > > seyi@tablefurnitures.com to my hotmail which is
> > > sameoj@hotmail.com and verse
> > > versal but to my surprise I checked both mails, in my
> > > hotmail I got the mail
> > > "seyi@tablefurnitures.com subject test but i didn`t
> > > get the mail I sent from
> > > hotmail to seyi@tablefurnitures.com
> > >
> > > Where did I get it wrong, can someone please help me.
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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