Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 14:48:53 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Randall Hopper" <aa8vb@nc.rr.com>, "Edwin Groothuis" <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: ARG!!! 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostnam Message-ID: <004a01c0baf5$8b8e8160$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010401173827.A6951@nc.rr.com>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Randall Hopper > >Time Warner RoadRunner (cable modem service) ignores all request to >register DNS hostnames for all their IPs (we here have been down that path >before). So effectively this shuts off everyone on Time Warner cable modem >service from "directly" mailing to the FreeBSD mailing lists. > >Seeing how that is the default sendmail config, it locks all but sendmail >hackers and the most persistent users off the FreeBSD lists (newbies can >just forget it). They can't even mail to the lists to get help with the >problem. > This is rubbish. If you were running Windows you wouldn't have problems - and you know why - because your Windows mail clients relay through the RoadRunner mailserver. It is extremely simple to make your FreeBSD system act like a Windows client in this regard - you set up fetchmail to obtain your e-mail from the Time Warner Roadrunner mailserver, and you put the name of the Time Warner Roadrunner mailserver in your DS macro in sendmail.cf, it's right under the line that sayd "Smart relay host" Your bitch is with RoadRunner, not FreeBSD. FreeBSD has the tools to work on these kinds of limited networks. You chose RoadRunner as your ISP, and you accept the consequences. Seeing as how Time Warner signed an agreement with the FCC that mandates that they open their cable network to competitive ISP's this year, instead of complaining to us, why don't you put your complaints to better use and yell at Time Warner to get some competitive ISP's online asap. Ted Mittelstaedt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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