Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 23:28:44 GMT From: groggy11@mail.com To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bad isp - dns Message-ID: <200204282328.g3SNSih60070@groggy.anc.acsalaska.net>
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> > > this is a problem in regards to FreeBSD maillists. > > > FBSD maillists do a DNS lookup on any host sending > > > email. my ISP refuses to pass on DNS queries to > > > my server, so clients on my network cannot > > > have their name->number mappings answered. > > > > > > i have had this problem for years, and > > > the ISP is the major telephone/communications > > > company for the city. i don't guess i have any > > > "rights" to force them to pass on DNS queries > > > to my server - so what can i do??? > > > > Use nat so that the outside world only sees one IP that has proper forward > > and reverse mapping. i do use "user ppp" -nat. i don't understand fully. i would guess that the freebsd mailserver checks the mail headers, or the smtp server trying to send, and i don't see how nat affects this? thanks, please Cc off list. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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