From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 30 15:22:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59BBA37BA2A for ; Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:22:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@184.215.6.64.reflexcom.com) Received: from 184.215.6.64.reflexcom.com ([64.6.215.184]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:21:22 -0700 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by 184.215.6.64.reflexcom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA26092 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:22:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:07:37 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Gill Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: two questions Message-ID: <20000730120737.I7953@cjc-desktop.reflexcom.com> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from jamgill@UU.NET on Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 12:46:14PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [This mail was resent due to delivery problems. If you have received it twice, please ignore.] On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 12:46:14PM -0400, Gill wrote: > > one question is why did the following message get rejected ("access > denied?" from an address that is subscribed to the list!) and the second > question is contained in the body below: > > >From ****@topsecret.net Sun Jul 30 12:40:08 2000 > Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 20:38:47 -0400 > From: ****@topsecret.net > Reply-To: ****@topsecret.net > To: gill@topsecret.net > Subject: Permanent Delivery Failure > > The attached message had PERMANENT fatal delivery errors! > > After one or more unsuccessful delivery attempts the attached message has > been removed from the mail queue on this server. The number and frequency > of delivery attempts are determined by local configuration parameters. > > YOUR MESSAGE WAS NOT DELIVERED! > > --- Partial Session Transcript --- > MAIL From: > 250 Ok > RCPT To: > 554 : Client host rejected: Access denied > QUIT > --- End Transcript --- I am guessing because the IP address for topsecret.net does not reverse-lookup to topsecret.net, but to c383498-240-189-116.ixpres.com? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message