Date: 27 Apr 2002 06:56:54 -0400 From: Justin Heath <jheath@theplanet.com> To: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net> Cc: jsa@pen.homeip.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail question Message-ID: <1019905014.55696.13.camel@minion> In-Reply-To: <20020427023931.K65643@rain.macguire.net> References: <1019828998.557.37.camel@minion> <200204270434.g3R4Y1g22293@pen.homeip.net> <1019898967.55696.8.camel@minion> <20020427023931.K65643@rain.macguire.net>
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This is actually my ISP's domain who unfortunately only provides me with DHCP. However I should be able to resolve the rest of the problem by using something like dyndns.Thanks. On Sat, 2002-04-27 at 04:39, Benjamin Krueger wrote: > * Justin Heath (jheath@theplanet.com) [020427 02:15]: > > Hi, > > > > Sorry I was unclear. I should have included the return error I receive. > > > > reason: 501 <root@minion.dfx.tx.bbnow.net>... Sender domain must exist > > > > And as far as a reverse lookup I do get an answer (however a generic > > one). > > > > 00.000.00.in-addr.arpa. (I replaced the IP with zero's) > > > > Thanks all. > > > > Justin > > > > On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 23:34, John Andersen wrote: > > > On Friday 26 April 2002 05:49 am, Justin Heath wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am wanting to setup Sendmail for outgoing messages only. However my > > > > ISP only provides DHCP. Currently I am unable to send outgoing messages > > > > due to failure of reverse IP lookups. Anyone know of a way around this? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > What exactly do you mean "failure of reverse IP Lookup?" > > > Your isp OWEs you a resolvable reverse. > > > Does dig -x your.ip.here NOT return an answer section? > > The problem is exactly what sendmail says it is. The sender domain must exist, > and it does not. If this is an internal only domain for your network, can > sendmail resolve it? > > I notice you have no records for any bbnow.net domains except for MX records. > Your mail server may be able to recieve emails this way, but it can't send > them until your domain resolves. > > roo@drizzle:~> host minion.dfx.tx.bbnow.net ns2.I3S.net > Using domain server: > Name: ns2.I3S.net > Address: 24.219.4.216 > Aliases: > > Host not found. > roo@drizzle:~> host minion.dfx.tx.bbnow.net 411.I3S.net > Using domain server: > Name: 411.I3S.net > Address: 24.219.4.11 > Aliases: > > roo@drizzle:~> > > -- > Benjamin Krueger > > "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." > - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) > Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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