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Old 30-11-2004, 23:33   #1
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Email keeps bouncing back

"Your message was not delivered because the Domain Name System
(DNS) for the destination computer is not configured correctly"

What is going wrong? According to www.checkdns/net, this mate's xxx.dsl.pipex.com email address should be ok, and I can email him from work. Any ideas?

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Re: Email keeps bouncing back

The email is obviously Alan Partridge

Seriously, change your DNS server, it's possible the one you're using is down?
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Re: Email keeps bouncing back

It usually means the server trying to send the mail cannot find an MX record for the destination domain.
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Re: Email keeps bouncing back

1) can you translate into simple language

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2) how do I change a DNS server?
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Re: Email keeps bouncing back

email is a funny old thing - as ur asking how to change dns etc i doubt ur running ur own mail server so i assusme ur just using a pop account with ntl or someone - if so id say try emailing him again or getting someone else on the same network (isp) as u to email him as a test ..
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Re: Email keeps bouncing back

Thanks.

Emails to my domain ( with a humorous name) are fowarded by UK2.net to the NTL account. Emails go out from the NTL account directly ( I think), but emails to this friend have bounced back for > 24 hours.

AND suddenly, I've started receiving emails that have spent about 2-3 weeks in transit, this morning I got one sent by another chum ( I have > 2 friends) on 9 November!

poo.

Do you have any ideas?
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