Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:33:59 +0100 From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help - where to report posting problem Message-ID: <20040420133359.GA22776@lb.tenfour> In-Reply-To: <408509B4.10001@potentialtech.com> References: <20040420034619.53286.qmail@web40302.mail.yahoo.com> <408509B4.10001@potentialtech.com>
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* Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> [0430 12:30]: > Stephen Liu wrote: > >Hi Bill, > > > >Tks for your response. > > > >A sample of the rejected emails is as follow; > > > > > >Your message > > > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Question on Anti-Virus Firewal > > Sent: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 20:59:15 +0800 > > > >did not reach the following recipient(s): > > > >freebsd-question@freebsd.org on Sun, 18 Apr 2004 > >01:08:28 +0800 > > The e-mail system was unable to deliver the > >message, but did not > >report a specific reason. Check the address and try > >again. If it still > >fails, contact your system administrator. > > <popimap02.icare.priv #4.0.0 smtp;450 Client host > >rejected: cannot > >find your hostname, [203.78.64.158]> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Here's your answer. This means that the SMTP server that you > use as a relay is poorly configured. There is a FAQ entry: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#FREEBSD-MAIL-BOUNCES > > Looks like the 4th bullet point applies here. Whoever admins > that mail server needs to fix the config so it uses a real > host/domain name in the HELO command, not "popimap02.icare.priv" You shouldn't be dumping mails based on the contents of HELO though, should you? -- Parkinson's Fifth Law: If there is a way to delay in important decision, the good bureaucracy, public or private, will find it. Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
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