Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:45:41 +0100 (CET) From: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@wxs.nl> To: "James E. Pace" <jepace@pobox.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rejected mail hosts? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0203202330490.61558-100000@yokozuna.bsd> In-Reply-To: <20020320100018.Y55951-100000@tigger.pacehouse.com>
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On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, the wise James E. Pace spoke, and said: > > What causes sendmail on FreeBSD to reject mail hosts? > > My daily security run spewed this out today, and I want that mail. > > Checking for rejected mail hosts: > 3 garlic.com > 1 satellitehealth.com > 1 pobox.com > 1 kidneycare.com > 1 earthlink.net > 1 aol.com > > > Thanks, > > James > > This letter brought to you by: ************************************* > ** "They that can give up James E. Pace <jepace@pobox.com> ** > ** essential liberty to http://www.PaceHouse.com/ ** > ** obtain a little temporary ** > ** safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin ** > ******************************************************************** > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > This means that the hostnames are unresolvable and sendmail does not accept mail with unresolvable hostnames. I had the same problem and found the solution in the directory /etc/mail. When you update the /etc/mail/access file it should be ok. Look in /etc/mail/README for details on the configuration of the access control file and how to update the database. Marco -- $100 invested at 7% interest for 100 years will become $100,000, at which time it will be worth absolutely nothing. -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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