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Date:      Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:34:35 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        Alan Clegg <abc@bsdi.com>
Cc:        "Christopher W. Aiken" <cwaiken@telerama.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Sendmail / mutt errors
Message-ID:  <20000905223434.A15107@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000905211006.H66030@diskfarm.firehouse.net>; from "Alan Clegg" on Tue Sep  5 21:10:06 GMT 2000
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.02.10009052101580.17052-100000@frogger.telerama.com> <20000905211006.H66030@diskfarm.firehouse.net>

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In the last episode (Sep 05), Alan Clegg said:
> Unless the network is lying to me again, Christopher W. Aiken said: 
> 
> > How can I set up "sendmail" or "mutt" to avoid the following errors
> > that I'm getting with FreeBSD 4.1?  I changed the email address to
> > "protect the innocent".  :)
> 
> > -|<<< 550-AOL no longer accepts connections from dynamically assigned 
> > -|<<< 550-IP addresses to our relay servers.  Please contact your ISP
> > -|<<< 550 to have your mail redirected through your ISP's SMTP servers.
> 
> Send mail via YOUR provider (not directly) by setting the SMTP relay in
> your sendmail.cf.

The AOL message is very badly worded; there's nothing your ISP can do
about it, although you might need to ask them what IP you should
forward mail to, if you don't already know.  For information on telling
sendmail (and other MTAs) about parent mail servers, see
http://www.mail-abuse.org/dul/gateways.htm .

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


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