Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 15:47:26 +1100 From: Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au> To: Caleb Walker <calebwalker69@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can you all see me? Message-ID: <20000901154726.A79512@albury.net.au> In-Reply-To: <LAW-F220d7WxS6brk1a00004e55@hotmail.com>; from calebwalker69@hotmail.com on Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 04:03:13AM %2B0000 References: <LAW-F220d7WxS6brk1a00004e55@hotmail.com>
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Thus spake Caleb Walker (calebwalker69@hotmail.com): > Does the mail server do a forward and reverse query? I am using @home > cable service so if you do a reverse lookup the address says I am from > the @home domain but if you do a forward query for cwalk.org it finds > my machine perfectly. I'm betting this will be your problem. Many hosts on the net (especially ones hosting mailing lists) will check to make sure forward and reverse DNS lookups agree. In this case it's a compromise to keep the level of spam on the FreeBSD lists down. In any case, you really should have properly working forward and reverse DNS. Look into the dynamic DNS services like dyndns.org, or use @home's mail servers. Nick. -- From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680): "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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