Stevie's Log 220808

Another day in the life of an IT fixer.

We didn't have email coming in or going out of the building. Well, day one: now outgoing mail. Day two: no incoming or outgoing mail. Day three: fixed.

Eventually we tracked it down to the IP address for the SMTP server had changed, and we weren't using the DNS for it, for some reason.

I know what you're thinking, that only explains the outgoing mail's blockage.

Well, it's amazing what you can switch off while you're trying to fix something else. Oops!