Just to update now im no longer receiving email as well did some testing and looking around things loook ok not sure what i had done wrong.
http://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=dns%3alorentedford.com&run=toolpagedns:lorentedford.com Find Problems dns
Type Domain Name IP Address TTL Status Time (ms) Auth Parent Local
NS ns1.linode.com 69.93.127.10 24 hrs 874
NS ns2.linode.com 65.19.178.10 24 hrs 686
NS ns3.linode.com 75.127.96.10 24 hrs 484
NS ns4.linode.com 207.192.70.10 24 hrs 328
NS ns5.linode.com 109.74.194.10 24 hrs 187
Result
SOA Retry Value is outside of the recommended range
ns1.linode.com reported Retry 14400 : Retry is recommended to be between 120 and 7200. More Info
No Bad Glue Detected
At Least Two Name Servers Found
All name servers are responding
At least one name server responded
All of the name servers are Authoritative
Local NS list matches Parent NS list
Name Servers appear to be Dispersed
Name Servers have Public IP Addresses
Serial numbers match
Primary Name Server Listed At Parent
SOA Serial Number Format appears valid
SOA Refresh Value is within the recommended range
SOA Expire Value within recommended limits
SOA Minimum TTL Value is within allowed values
No Open Recursive Name Server Detected