From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 01:07:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D165106566B for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 01:07:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 519A38FC12 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 01:07:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay11.apple.com (relay11.apple.com [17.128.113.48]) by mail-out4.apple.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DCDA2D7A608; Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay11.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay11.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 051CB28043; Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:54 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11807130-ab393bb000000ead-b2-4832246966f2 Received: from cswiger1.apple.com (cswiger1.apple.com [17.227.140.124]) by relay11.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id DF6E12803F; Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <27CE98CC-346E-4051-A745-1F47DEF0760B@mac.com> From: Chuck Swiger To: Montag In-Reply-To: <1211239052.24579.1254029483@webmail.messagingengine.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:53 -0700 References: <1211239052.24579.1254029483@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd questions Subject: Re: Problem Sending Mail With Postfix X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 01:07:54 -0000 On May 19, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Montag wrote: > host mx1.free.bsd.org said: my.mywebsite.com: Helo command rejected: > Host not found (in reply to RCPT TO command)) > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Any thoughts? Many mailservers check that the HELO/EHLO response is a valid hostname. You can either configure your machine to use a valid hostname (consider dyndns.org or similar, if you like), or you can relay your email to something like your ISP's mailserver using relayhost parameter or the transport mechanism.... -- -Chuck