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Date:      Sat, 12 Oct 2002 01:43:00 -0400
From:      Bob Johnson <stest033@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu>
To:        Damien Tougas <damientougas@yahoo.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Unable to send e-mail to freebsd.org domain
Message-ID:  <200210120143.00345.stest033@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20021012035309.49324.qmail@web13206.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20021012035309.49324.qmail@web13206.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Friday 11 October 2002 11:53 pm, Damien Tougas appears to have=20
written:
> Hello,
>
> I am currently unable to send e-mail to the FreeBSD
> mailing lists through my mail server (hence I am
> sending this using a Yahoo mail account). Your mail
> servers reject my mail saying that they cannot find my
> hostname.
>
> My server's name is server.merchantsbarter.com, and my

This name does not resolve.

> IP address is 198.78.66.185. Name resolution works

The number does, though.

> both in forward and reverse with no conflicts in the
> name, and this has been verified from several
> locations across the US.

Well, it doesn't validate from this location.

>
> I think at one point, probably about 2 months ago
> (when I was initially setting up the server) I tried
> to send a message to one of the mailing lists but did
> not have a reverse DNS lookup properly configured. Do
> your mail servers cache those prior attempts? If so,
> what do I have to do to have my server's name/IP
> removed from this cache?

Fix your DNS entry so your name resolves. =20

>
> Thanks for your help.

Good luck.

- Bob


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