[Info-vax] Fwd: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <mcqmfa$4ps$1 at dont-email.me>,
	Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
> On 2015-02-27 20:33:38 +0000, Eberhard Heuser said:
> 
>> A deathrow-mailer problem.
> 
> From each and every login into that cluster:
> 
> ******************************************************************************
>                             S Y S T E M    N E W S
> ******************************************************************************
> 
>   8-Jul-2014: Mail, public reverse DNS, and the relay are broken.
>     Mail will remain a problem for the foreseeable future.
>     If Mail, DNS and the rest are repaired, notice will be posted.
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218
> 
> 
> Also see NEWS 181.* on the cluster.
> 
> Alas, no matter how many times I post that, it always gets ignored.
> 
> To head off the usual barrage of offers of assistance that arises each 
> time I re-post the MAIL IS BROKEN message, thanks, but I know why it 
> does not work, it's not VMS, and it's not gonna get reliable and/or 
> fixed anytime soon.
> 
 
Isn't this exactly what I said when we were discussing  DNS A and PTR
records while the system was still down?  If the A and PTR records
don't match many sites (and I am sure a growing number every day) are
going to refuse the connection.  And, as Hoff said, it isn't a VMS
problem it's a DNS problem.

bill
 
 
 

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