Re: uunet

[Jeff Wasilko <jeffw () smoe org>]

On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 10:26:16PM +0000, Tim Thorne wrote:
> "Dave Howe" <DaveHowe () gmx co uk> wrote:
>
> > there then followed a short conversation that amounted to that - given that
> > $mydomain was working fine, they would *not* look at the problem for
> > $contractorsdomain unless $contractor contacted them about it.  I found
> > postmaster@contractorsdomain worked fine, so managed to get *that* guy to
> > get uunet to fix the problem (and it was literally a thirty second fix).
>
> You can hardly expect an ISP to change an MX record on the opinion
> (right or wrong) of a third party. It could be someone trying a little

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the original poster wasn't trying to
get UUnet to change an MX record.

Rather, the uunet-provided MX host for the domain was not set up
to 'relay' mail for that domain, and the original poster was
trying to get UUnet to fix their MTA config.

-j