Outbound mail stuck in deferred

[gchino]

dig sleepex.com mx

; <<>> DiG 9.4.2b1 <<>> sleepex.com mx
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11228
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2

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

;; ANSWER SECTION:
sleepex.com. 3600 IN MX 5 mail.sleepex.com.
sleepex.com. 3600 IN MX 10 mailstore.sleepex.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mailstore.sleepex.com. 3600 IN A 70.91.46.20
mail.sleepex.com. 3600 IN A 70.91.46.20

;; Query time: 140 msec
;; SERVER: 68.87.72.130#53(68.87.72.130)
;; WHEN: Mon Feb 11 15:51:02 2008
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 108

[root@mail ~]# dig sleepex.com any

; <<>> DiG 9.4.2b1 <<>> sleepex.com any
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 63658
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;sleepex.com. IN ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
sleepex.com. 3430 IN MX 10 mailstore.sleepex.com.
sleepex.com. 3430 IN MX 5 mail.sleepex.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.sleepex.com. 3430 IN A 70.91.46.20
mailstore.sleepex.com. 3430 IN A 70.91.46.20

;; Query time: 50 msec
;; SERVER: 68.87.72.130#53(68.87.72.130)
;; WHEN: Mon Feb 11 15:51:13 2008
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 108

[root@mail ~]#

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by gchino

Sorry,

Here are the results

[root@mail ~]# host `hostname`
mail.sleepex.com has address 70.91.46.20
[root@mail ~]#


Yes we are behing a nat router. Firewall and SElinux is disabled.

If you are behind a NAT router why has your server got a public IP address? Surely it should have an IP within the range of your LAN subnet with a Split DNS set-up?