Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 13:00:59 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> To: Steven Lake <raiden@shell.core.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems sending mail to list Message-ID: <20020119130059.A279@twincat.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44L0.0201191219050.12575-100000@shell.core.com>; from raiden@shell.core.com on Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 12:35:37PM -0600 References: <Pine.GSO.4.44L0.0201191219050.12575-100000@shell.core.com>
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On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 12:35:37PM -0600, Steven Lake wrote: > HI all. I'm working with our smtp servers and I noticed something > that's just not right. We have a couple of our outgoing mail servers that > can't post to this mailing list. I'm sure there's more, but this one > stands out the most. The server we're using has a standard copy > of sendmail on FreeBSD 4.3 stable and has everything but an MX record > (there's a reason behind that) in DNS and we still can't post to this > mailing list using it, so I'm having to resort to using my remote shell > account to be able to post this question. The error I'm getting is > "Deferred: 450 Client Host Rejected: cannot find your hostname [ip address]" > yet we can resolve our server to a dns entry. > > Now, we've got another that we use for emergencies (like when we > decide to hose our network by accident) that gives the same error, yet > it's HAS an MX record in DNS. Other servers we've used don't have this > issue at all. Anyone have any ideas? All are running the same exact > version of sendmail with exactly identical configs, minus a tweek or two > here and there, but nothing I can see that would affect recept of mail > from our servers to the mail server for this mailing list. > > Anyone got any ideas on this? Do I need to talk to a list admin > to resolve this? Reading the mail from this list is vastly helpful, but > at times we'd like to also be able to post. :) So any help is welcome. > Thanks. > Are you sure your reverse lookups are working? That would be the first thing I would suspect. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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