[BNM] DNS help

[Joe Aliferis]

we handle pop3 mail - but not SMTP

also myself and my partner use different SMTP services and have same delays

joe


andrew holway wrote:
> In this case I don't think it is anything to do with DNS.......??!!
> Probably your mail server is busy and shelving mails for sending
> later.
> 
> You might want to consider handling your own mail. It can be most rewarding :)
> 
> Ta
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> 
> On 16/10/2007, Joe Aliferis <> wrote:
>> I think it is sending - I experience a delay before recipient receives it
>>
>> Not got problems contacting/logging into smtp mailserver
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>> andrew holway wrote:
>>> Did you say there was problems for you sending emails?? You cant
>>> access the malserver?
>>>
>>> Ta
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>> On 16/10/2007, Joe Aliferis <joe at newforms.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> yes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  From - Tue Oct 16 17:31:57 2007
>>>> X-Account-Key: account2
>>>> X-UIDL: UID152868-1158671419
>>>> X-Mozilla-Status: 0001
>>>> X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000
>>>> X-Mozilla-Keys:
>>>>
>>>> Return-Path: <andrew at moonet.co.uk>
>>>> Delivered-To: joe at newforms.co.uk
>>>> Received: (qmail 24820 invoked from network); 16 Oct 2007 16:22:18 -0000
>>>> Received: from unknown (HELO mail.moognu.co.uk) (89.106.176.228)
>>>>    by pod-202.dolphin-server.co.uk with SMTP; 16 Oct 2007 16:22:18 -0000
>>>> This is a test email sent at 17:22. ta andy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> andrew holway wrote:
>>>>> Did you receive my test email? I sent that by hand using telnet.
>>>>>
>>>>> If that works I would suggest that everything is normal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please send me back the full headers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ta
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy
>>>>>
>>>>> On 16/10/2007, Joe Aliferis <joe at newforms.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> thanks for that info
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps 123reg use a short timeout so that other DNS servers caches
>>>>>> require frequent updates...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark Ng wrote:
>>>>>>> On 16/10/2007, Joe Aliferis <joe at newforms.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>> We understood that, although we used 123reg to manage DNS, we were not
>>>>>>>> dependant on the performance of their DNS servers, because of the nature
>>>>>>>>   of the way DNS propogates around the internet
>>>>>>> Whilst DNS propogates to local DNS servers, local DNS servers act as
>>>>>>> caches, not as authoritative sources.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Whilst the nature of DNS means that not every request for your DNS
>>>>>>> records requires a trip to your DNS servers, the first request for any
>>>>>>> particular DNS record from a single location (a single location being
>>>>>>> one set of people using the same local DNS server) and each time the
>>>>>>> cache become invalid due to timeouts does require your DNS server to
>>>>>>> be working and not busy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Incidentally, I use 123reg, and their mail server stopped working
>>>>>>> properly a couple of days ago.  I've also seen a sharp drop in the
>>>>>>> number of users accessing my personal website.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark
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