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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: David Banning <tracker@worldy.com>
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Subject: Re: help with mail - sendmail
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* David Banning <tracker@worldy.com> [000209 16:21] wrote:
> 
> I sent mail using sendmail to questions@freebsd.org and got the email returned with part of the error message below;
> It seems freeBSD thinks I am a junk mail sender!
> I refers me to a web page http://mail-abuse.org/dul/ which says that the problem is that my
> local SMTP server name setting is not the same as my ISP's or to use their phrasing;
> Looking through the error message, it like like my ISP is being called tracker@localhost when it is actually
> tracker@worldy.com
> 
> I can I resolve the problem?

The problem is that dialup users can spam directly into a mail server,
this happens quite a bit so FreeBSD.org blocks it.

You should be using your ISP's smtp server for outgoing mail, or a static
address to contact the SMTP server.

You should also wrap lines > 70 characters.

-Alfred


> 
> Thanks! Dave Banning
> tracker@worldy.com 
> 
> Portion of My Actual Error Message follows;
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Final-Recipient: RFC822; questions@freebsd.org
> 
> Action: failed
> 
> Status: 5.5.0
> 
> Remote-MTA: DNS; builder.freebsd.org
> 
> Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 554 Service unavailable; [209.5.30.112] blocked using dul.maps.vix.com, reason: See <URL:http://mail-abuse.org/dul/>
> 
> Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 02:18:35 GMT
> 
> --CAA00506.950062716/worldy.com
> 
> Content-Type: message/rfc822
> 
> Return-Path: <tracker>
> 
> Received: (from tracker@localhost)
> 
> by worldy.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA00504
> 
> for questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 9 Feb 2000 02:18:27 GMT
> 
> (envelope-from tracker)
> 

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]


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