Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 18:57:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net> To: <kgasso@visp.net> Cc: <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Domain WHOIS/Sendmail Message-ID: <20010619185722.E1762-100000@awww.jeah.net> In-Reply-To: <01061916534702.01039@blort>
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Oops. LOL. Thanks, everyone, for your help! Chris Byrnes JEAH Communications, LLC On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Kameron Gasso wrote: > On Tuesday 19 June 2001 04:32, you wrote: > *snip* > > Now sendmail doesn't like it. > > > > Jun 19 18:27:14 awww sendmail[1105]: f5JNREJ01105: ruleset=check_mail, > > arg1=<Domain.Manager.System@web14.nyat.register.com>, > > relay=[216.21.228.13], reject=501 5.1.8 > > <Domain.Manager.System@web14.nyat.register.com>... Domain of sender > > address Domain.Manager.System@web14.nyat.register.com does not exist > *snip* > > blort% host web14.nyat.register.com > Host not found. > > Simple as that.. > > Nothing to do with the WHOIS database spamming weenies from what I can tell, > your sendmail is just configured to not accept mail with a FROM address that > doesn't resolve (or at least have an MX record, which this return address > does not). Seems register.com's at fault here, but you could make sendmail > accept such messages (and increase the likelyhood of receiving spam or forged > mail just a tad). IIRC, in sendmail.cf under the check_mail section, comment > out the line: > > R<PERM> $* $#error $@ 5.1.8 $: "501 Domain of sender address " > $&f " does not exist" > > <troll> > or you could install Postfix ;) > </troll> > > Regards, > > Kameron > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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