Hi, I have Mac Server and MAMP running as my local server, and have set up Postfix in MAMP to enable outgoing mail. I have the smart host set as gmail.com When I connect the machine to the internet using my mobile phone network (vodafone), all works perfectly. However, when I connect the machine to the internet with my normal ISP, through my LAN, postfix returns the error: Host or Domain name not found. Name service error for name=gmail.com type=MX Host not found, try again I have tried it changing the smarthost to the ISP's mail.isp.com, same issue. Using the command dig gmail.com (or indeed dig myisp.com) it ONLY returns A names, no MX. A 'dig gmail.com MX' (or dig myisp.com MX) returns a timeout. My LAN is a router behind a modem, nothing more than that. So, where should I start? The fact it works on my vodafone ISP suggests it's either an issue with my normal ISP blocking something? or my local network set up? Any suggestions, most appreciated. Thanks
Thanks for the reply. My /etc/resolv.conf looks like this: nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4 however the same problem exists - mail send fails with same error. However now dig mydomain.com MX is returning MX records instead of timing out... But mailq returns "name service error for name=gmail.com type=MX: host not found, try again" If I change domain of outgoing in MAMP Postfix to imap.gmail.com, same error. So we've got somewhere in that it can return dig MX now... Thanks again in advance. Cheers
