[BlueOnyx:05608] Re: SYSERR(root): rewrite: excessive recursion (max 50), ruleset canonify

[Soyer Frank]

Hi guys,

I've installed a new BlueOnyx server to test all that. I've set one by 
one all parameters (virtualhost, server aliases in blueonyx, DNS, users, 
mail aliases...). Actually the parameters are :

- the virtualhost is called "www.systea.fr"
- there is an alias "systea.fr" on web server and on mail server
- the DNS are :

# dig systea.fr
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;systea.fr.            IN    A (no answer)

# dig www.systea.fr
www.systea.fr.        86400    IN    A    82.138.98.133

# dig -tMX systea.fr
systea.fr.        86400    IN    MX    10 mail1.systea.fr.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail1.systea.fr.    86400    IN    A    82.138.98.133

# dig -tMX www.systea.fr
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;www.systea.fr.            IN    MX (no answer)

In other words : as simple as possible... No DNS rule for "systea.fr", 
no MX on "www.systea.fr". Just "www" and "mail1" pointing to the IP, and 
the MX set to "mail1". Nothing more.
And ?... It works like a charm. No error messages, mails go in and out 
without any problem, users mails or mail aliases are reached.

So @Michael : I wonder if the DNS given on the Solarspeed page are not 
*too* complicated ??
In our configuration, the aliases imap, pop3 and smtp are just there to 
facilitate the setup of users's mail programs, they are not important 
here. So if we just look at :

.ouestlekeum.com MX mail.ouestlekeum.com
.ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155
www.ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155
mail.ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155

The difference with my configuration on systea.fr is the 
".ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155".
The domain name redirect to the IP ? Why ? For some slackers who are 
afraid by typing "www." ? ;) Not sure that this is useful for emails.
And on your suggestion bellow, why a MX *from www *to www ? I don't 
understand this line.

But maybe it's not important. The server ouestlekeum.com works now, with 
this configuration.

Frank

Le 15/10/2010 09:56, Michael Stauber a écrit :
> Hi Frank,
>
>    
>> Well. Oh no : bad. I don't know what to do now... According to the link,
>> the external DNS was modified like so :
>>
>> .ouestlekeum.com MX mail.ouestlekeum.com
>> .ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155
>> www.ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155
>> imap.ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155
>> mail.ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155
>> pop3.ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155
>> smtp.ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155
>>
>> and propagated (verified with dig on the server itself). But always the
>> excessive recursion message :(((
>> It seems correct, no ?
>>
>> Any help ??
>>      
> Well, those records aren't exactly how it was shown in the guide.
>
> Most of those mail related MX records are superficious and most importantly
> you're missing an MX record.
>
> If the site is named www.ouestlekeum.com in the BlueOnyx GUI, then your DNS
> records must look like this:
>
> Delete them all and start over like this:
>
> .ouestlekeum.com MX www.ouestlekeum.com
> www.ouestlekeum.com MX www.ouestlekeum.com
> .ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155
> www.ouestlekeum.com A 82.138.98.155
>
> Nothing else is needed.
>
>