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Date:      Thu, 07 Nov 2002 08:37:17 +0100
From:      "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx>
To:        Ray Kohler <ataraxia@cox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sendmail without (real) hostname?
Message-ID:  <3DCA182D.9020500@401.cx>
References:  <3DC9A3B4.1030303@cox.net> <omn0omnpzf.0om@localhost.localdomain> <3DC9C628.7080008@cox.net> <20021107020720.GA2513@gray.sea.gr> <3DC9CCCC.2020200@cox.net>

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Ray Kohler wrote:
> Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> 
>> On 2002-11-06 20:47, Ray Kohler  wrote:
>>
>> Funny.  All ISPs that have a tiny sort of sense and respect for their
>> users that have dynamically allocated IP addresses will usually
>> provide at least one mail relay.  If not for any other reason, to let
>> them send email to servers that refuse all messages from hosts whose
>> forward and reverse DNS lookups fail (a lot of the servers use this as
>> a form of antispam measure).
> 
> 
> 
> It's a `no servers allowed' ISP.
> 
> - @
> 

And if you wanted to send mail from a regular mailclient, like 
Outlook Express, would they allow that?
If they do, they must still provide you with a server that relays 
your email.

--
R




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