POP3.mydomain.com and SMTP.mydomain.com not working

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by kreya, Jun 16, 2007.

  1. kreya

    kreya New Member

    Hi,
    I am able to receive emails in outlook express using either www.mydomain.com or server1.mydomain.com but pop3.mydomain.com doesn't work so is smtp.mydomain.com for sending mails.

    DNS records in ISPconfig Box

    A Record
    Hostname www
    IP 192.168.1.254
    Hostname server1
    IP 192.168.1.254

    CName
    Hostname pop3
    Target www
    Hostname smtp
    Target www

    MX record
    www.mydomain.com


    Configuration at my domain registrar's Cpanel
    A Record
    www.mydomain.com 12.34.56.78 (my static IP assigned in router)
    server1.mydomain.com 12.34.56.78

    CName
    pop3.mydomain.com www.mydomain.com
    smtp.mydomain.com www.mydomain.com

    MX record
    server1.mydomain.com

    if i use pop.mydomain.com in outlook express for receiving mails it returns this error
    The host 'pop3.mydomain.com.com' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'Work', Server: 'pop3.mydomain.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D

    www.mydomain or server1.mydomain.com works fine.
    I am able to ping both pop3.mydomain and smtp.mydomain.com from another machine(win) in my LAN if it's DNS server is set to my ISP DNS servers but it fails if the DNS server is set to ISPconfig Box.

    port forwarding is also done for ports 25,110,995.
    How can i fix this?
     
    Last edited: Jun 16, 2007
  2. edge

    edge Active Member Moderator

    Try this.

    Remove the CNAME (pop3/smtp), and re-create it as an A record.
     
  3. kreya

    kreya New Member

    Shared IP

    yup it's working

    Thanks a lot edge
     
    Last edited: Jun 16, 2007

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