[mythtv-users] OT: Can't forward server logs from my backend to Gmail

[kanetse@gmail.com]

On Dec 7, 2007 6:41 PM, Jacob Steenhagen <jacob at steenhagen.us> wrote:
>
>  That error message sounds like your machine is having a hard time
> connecting to Google's mail server. What I find strange is that it looks
> like gsmtp163 is nearly at the end of the list of mail servers for Google.
> Did you specify somehow that it should use that machine? This email address
> is actually a Google Apps for Your Domain address so all my mail goes to
> Google's servers. I have no problems getting my messages from logwatch.
>
>
> =======
>
> [jake at jake-laptop ~]$ dig -t mx gmail.com
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.5.0a7 <<>> -t mx gmail.com
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 31304
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;gmail.com.                     IN      MX
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> gmail.com.              192     IN      MX      5
> gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
> gmail.com .              192     IN      MX      10
> alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
> gmail.com.              192     IN      MX      10
> alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
> gmail.com.              192     IN      MX      50 gsmtp163.google.com.
> gmail.com .              192     IN      MX      50 gsmtp183.google.com.
> =======

I haven't got it specially looking for gstmp163.google.com over any
other server; however, I did notice that on multiple runs of 'dig',
the order of the various servers would appear different.  (i.e.
sometimes gsmtp163 was first; and other times it was in the middle;
and other times it was at the end).

Example:

dig -t mx gmail.com

; <<>> DiG 9.4.2 <<>> -t mx gmail.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 42325
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 8

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;gmail.com.                     IN      MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
gmail.com.              3160    IN      MX      5 gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com.              3160    IN      MX      10
alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com.              3160    IN      MX      50 gsmtp163.google.com.
gmail.com.              3160    IN      MX      50 gsmtp183.google.com.
gmail.com.              3160    IN      MX      10
alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.


Maybe this is a normal behaviour.