From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 21:36:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 828D137B401 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 21:36:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out006.verizon.net (out006pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A297543FB1 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 21:36:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Received: from envy.homeunix.com ([4.47.68.94]) by out006.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.33 201-253-122-126-133-20030313) with ESMTP id <20030514043616.MOQM25800.out006.verizon.net@envy.homeunix.com>; Tue, 13 May 2003 23:36:16 -0500 Received: from soupnazi.org (lust.pdx.soupnazi.org [192.168.1.2]) by envy.homeunix.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h4E4aFj2037734; Tue, 13 May 2003 21:36:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 21:36:14 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: "Evan Dower" From: Jim Mock In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <98B4B296-85C5-11D7-A664-000393460DB2@soupnazi.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out006.verizon.net from [4.47.68.94] at Tue, 13 May 2003 23:36:15 -0500 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: send-pr issues probably related to sendmail misconfiguration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 04:36:17 -0000 On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 07:50 PM, Evan Dower wrote: > When I try to send-pr, I get: > > May 9 02:28:09 lojak sm-mta[21955]: h499RhZE021953: > to=, > ctladdr= (1001/1001), delay=00:00:26, > xdelay=00:00:25, mailer=esmtp, pri=30460, relay=mx1.freebsd.org. > [216.136.204.125], dsn=4.2.0, stat=Deferred: 450 > : Helo command rejected: Host not found > > I can 'mail evantd@hotmail.com' just fine, but I suspect that the > hotmail servers don't resolve hostnames. lojak.washington.edu is NOT > an FQDN, but it's a lot nicer looking. I suppose I could try changing > whatever needs to be changed to my FQDN, but what exactly would need > to be changed? Is that even what seems to be necessary? The FreeBSD mail server will bounce anything that doesn't resolve. If UW gave you a smart host (a.k.a., SMTP server) on their network to use, configure sendmail to use it. - jim -- - jim mock mij@{soupnazi|opendarwin}.org jim@{bsdnews|FreeBSD}.org - - editor in chief, BSD News: http://bsdnews.org http://soupnazi.org -