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Date:      Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:47:02 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: who is "postmaster"? 
Message-ID:  <20011201004702.95832380D@overcee.netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111301552220.26079-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> 

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Julian Elischer wrote:
> 
> I've tried getting information about our (FreeBSD) mail
> system by mailing to "postmaster" but no-one answers..
> 
> so, who IS the postmaster at the moment?
> 
> I have the .elischer.org domain set up at Netowrk solutions
> with a contact address of "julian@freebsd.org"
> however whenever I try change anything in the setup it 
> sends an "Austhorize this" email to the registered
> email address (julian@freebsd.org). However they
> never turn up in my mailbox so I can't do anything
> (like change the contact email address :-) to maintian
> my domain.  Is freebsd.org throwing away mail from
> network solutions? (are they blackhole'd?)

Would you believe me if I told you that Network Solutions dont know
how to configure the DNS on their systems?

peter@hub[4:39pm]/etc/postfix-58# host opsmail.prod.netsol.com
Host not found.

Anyway, I have added a "special" override to allow network solutions'
misconfigured systems to send mail.

Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5


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