Strange SMTP Mail server

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Strange SMTP Mail server

I recently have gotten hostname mismatch errors in my Mail for one of my accounts. Does anyone know anything about this smtp server?

smtp.eigbox.net

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Posted on Oct 23, 2009 12:08 PM

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Answer 1

j.v.

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Oct 23, 2009 4:17 PM in response to Chris Joye

In Terminal.app, I did a host smtp.eigbox.net which yielded smtp.eigbox.net has address 38.113.1.135. I also did a host 38.113.1.135 which yielded 135.1.113.38.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ip38-113-1-135.yourhostingaccount.com. I also did a whois 38.113.1.135 which yielded a PSINet, Inc. COGENT-NB-0002 (NET-38-112-0-0-1). Does yourhostingaccount.com or PSINet mean anything to you?

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msavage

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Nov 5, 2009 8:52 AM in response to Chris Joye

I got the same mismatch though my business email which is hosted with ipower, I am about to give them a call to see if they know anything about it.

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Chris Joye Author

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Dec 10, 2009 8:03 PM in response to Chris Joye

I finally got an answer out of them. It is apparently just the servers they use.

Thanks for all the checking in to it, but those names don't mean anything to me...

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