Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:29:07 +0200 From: "Christopher J. Ruwe" <chrruwe@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unable to reach bsd-lists via mail Message-ID: <20110619142907.4b39e274@dijkstra> In-Reply-To: <4DFDE7E2.1070404@ifdnrg.com> References: <20110618175357.29f06cb1@dijkstra> <201106181557.09148.DStaal@usa.net> <20110619002902.694eb6d0@dijkstra> <4DFD95B2.7050603@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4DFDE587.5070500@bah.homeip.net> <4DFDE7E2.1070404@ifdnrg.com>
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On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:13:22 +0100 Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> wrote: > On 19/06/2011 13:03, Bernt Hansson wrote: > > 2011-06-19 08:22, Matthew Seaman skrev: > >> On 18/06/2011 23:29, Christopher J. Ruwe wrote: > >>> The mailer answers "220 mail.cruwe.de ESMTP Postfix" when > >>> telnet'ed, so I guess that is what the mailer returns as hostname. > >>> > >>> I did not know about that DNS/rDNS issue ... > >> > >> You need the name your mail server HELOs as to resolve both > >> forwards and reverse --- > > > > No. Our mailserver does not resolve DNS/rDNS and I can send mail > > without problems to freebsd.org. > > > > > reverse dns is definately a good thing to have in place if you want > your mail to be accepted by remote MTA's. > > I didn't see the OP post an error message in this thread, that would > be a good place to start. > > Thanks for all the effort ... somehow, posting an error message was the *one* thing I forgot: Jun 19 14:23:37 mail postfix/smtp[9416]: CE6A019C50: to=<freebsd-test@freebsd.org>, relay=mx1.freebsd.org[69.147.83.52]:25, delay=944, delays=943/0.03/0.86/0.19, dsn=4.7.1, status=deferred (host mx1.freebsd.org[69.147.83.52] said: 450 4.7.1 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, [188.40.164.98] (in reply to RCPT TO command)) Thanks again, cheers -- Christopher J. Ruwe TZ GMT + 2 -- Christopher J. Ruwe TZ GMT + 2
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