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Undelivered mail

When I sent an e-mail message, it was returned with the following remark: "Your message was not delivered because the Domain Name System (DNS) for the destination computer is not configured correctly. The following is a list of reasons why this error message could have been generated:

— The host does not have any mail exchanger (MX) or address (A) records in the DNS.

— The host has valid MX records, but none of the mail exchanges listed have valid A records.

— There was a transient error with the DNS that caused one of the above to appear to be true.

— DNS for host bgl.vsnl.net.in is mis-configured."

Can you please clarify these explanations?

P.S.Hariharan

The DNS server has gone down or has apparently got some configuration problem. This is only a temporary problem. Please try resending the mail. The error messages are listed to help us track the causes of the problem. It is a server problem, so there is nothing much we can do but wait and resend the mail.

Solutions by G. Rajah

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