[wplug] Mysterious Mail log entries

Poyner, Brandon bpoyner at ccac.edu
Mon Jul 18 13:30:04 EDT 2005


> Jul 18 11:10:44 ocean postfix/smtp[21744]: warning: numeric 
> domain name in resource data of MX record for 
> roswellrevealed.com: 127.0.1.51
> Jul 18 11:10:44 ocean postfix/smtp[21744]: connect to 
> 127.0.1.51[127.0.1.51]: Can't assign requested address (port 25)
> Jul 18 11:10:44 ocean postfix/smtp[21744]: 8D56B10676: 
> to=<whelans at roswellrevealed.com>, relay=none, delay=1088, 
> status=deferred (connect to 127.0.1.51[127.0.1.51]: Can't 
> assign requested address)
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 127/8 a strictly-internal 
> network? So 
> why would my MTA be trying to connect to 127.0.1.51 ?

$ host -t mx roswellrevealed.com
roswellrevealed.com mail is handled by 0 127.0.1.51.

Brandon Poyner
Network Engineer III
CCAC - College Office
412-237-3086





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