PTR records, reverse DNS lookup etc

csmager · 18 Oct 2006 at 15:27

Are you sure his email works?(!)

It's not even really being sent by you now - it's via your ISP's mailserver. It should be equivalent to setting up a POP3/SMTP account in Outlook Express and telling it to use mail.ineedbroadband.co.uk as the outgoing server just like any other customer of the ISP. If that doesn't work, I'd suggest it's not you who's at fault.

Banzai_Joe · 19 Oct 2006 at 09:49

Charlie,

I've turned on the forwarding to our ISP, and yes everything works now.
Our IT guys are saying thats fine, but we won't really know if mails actually get delivered or not, as our exchange just dumps the outgoing mail to the ISP and its then their task to deliver it. Same applies for receiving mail as well?
I did get a bounceback message from postmaster (ast the ISP) cos i'd put the wrong email addy in.

csmager · 19 Oct 2006 at 10:19

k.Jacko said:
Charlie,

I've turned on the forwarding to our ISP, and yes everything works now.
Our IT guys are saying thats fine, but we won't really know if mails actually get delivered or not, as our exchange just dumps the outgoing mail to the ISP and its then their task to deliver it.

You'll still find out. If the ISP can't deliver it, they'll give you a non-delivery report too.

Same applies for receiving mail as well?

This hasn't changed the way you receive mail.

Banzai_Joe · 19 Oct 2006 at 10:41

Hmmm.....ok now its weird. AOL can now receive from us whether the connector is on or off (through the ISP or not). Maybe changing the PTR to 185 has worked. BUT, the email address that i usually send test mails to will only work when the connector is on. My cousin who i usually email tests to, suggested we may be on a blacklist? Even our ISP suggested that.

Things seemed a lot simpler when i had my abacus.