i do have mx records setup for s1i.net. The dns is ran on other servers.
here is an example of a returned message:
The original message was received at Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:49:38 -0600
from apache@localhost
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
promo (at mark) s1i.net
(reason: 553 5.3.0 <promo (at mark) s1i.net>... No such user here)
(expanded from: promo (at mark) s1i.net)
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to [127.0.0.1]:
>>> DATA
<<< 553 5.3.0 <promo (at mark) s1i.net>... No such user here
550 5.1.1 promo (at mark) s1i.net... User unknown
<<< 503 5.0.0 Need RCPT (recipient)
Reporting-MTA: dns; bq05.s1-i.net
Arrival-Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:49:38 -0600
Final-Recipient: RFC822; promo (at mark) s1i.net
Action: failed
Status: 5.3.0
Remote-MTA: DNS; [127.0.0.1]
Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 553 5.3.0 <promo (at mark) s1i.net>... No such user here
Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:49:38 -0600
tony
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On 8/7/2008 at 12:24 PM Larry Smith wrote:
>On Thu August 7 2008 12:05, Tony Loosle wrote:
>> I have a few bq servers. My main domain is s1i.net, so I name them,
>> bq01.s1i.net, bq02.s1i.net, etc.
>>
>> I do not run email on any of my bq servers. Yet, I do need web pages,
>> forms etc. to go to email. So if I use and email on a bq server that
>wants
>> to goto say, tony (at mark) s1i.net, then the server chokes and says that email is
>> not on this server?
>>
>> I have email disabled from the gui on the servers but still get errors.
>>
>> Can I edit some file so that email will leave the server?
>>
>> tony
>
>If you are actually "sli.net" then your problem is that sli.net does
>not have any MX records so the box does not know what to do with
>the mail. Assign an MX record and the box should automatically pick
>that up and deliver accordingly. (as long as you have nothing in the
>mail boxes for any domain).
>
>--
>Larry Smith
>lesmith (at mark) ecsis.net