Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 20:47:53 -0700 From: Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org> To: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> Cc: Drew Derbyshire <ahd@kew.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (over)zealous mail bouncing Message-ID: <19970724204753.18863@micron.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970724112629.6207D-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk>; from Stephen Roome on Thu, Jul 24, 1997 at 11:33:57AM %2B0100 References: <19970724002446.59369@micron.efn.org> <Pine.BSF.3.95.970724112629.6207D-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk>
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Stephen Roome stands accused of saying : > On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Jonathan Mini wrote: > > > What I'm saying is that my hostname doesn't have a DNS entry in the "outside > > world" and therefore sending a message from my machine is automatically an > > invalid host. THe only real option I have is to spoof the information that > > sendmail sends out, ask my ISP for a addressless DNS entry (make a DNS entry > > that has no A entry) or change my hostname to something valid. > > Two other _REAL_ options: > a) Find anyone on the net who is willing to let you have an email account > on their machine. That's how it always used to be done. Done a) doesn't help. Sending machine from me still hurts. > b)Get hold of someone who's willing to act as your mail relay, and > then change your email From: & Reply-To: addresses' to that host. > Then if you only have an IP number or whatever then the relay can just > forward it, or if you have nothing more than a dynamic IP then you can set > up sendmail to collect it for you from their machine. Did b) Doesn't help, (check my From: and Reply-To: headers -- they're valid) > c)Move to a reasonable ISP. > > Personally I'd go with c. Doing c), I will get a serious bandwidth upgrade (10T fiber to a "fiber netowrk that is all thatm uch powerful than poor me" to a T3. Off of said connection I reguarly have seen 400k/s from cdrom.com and such. As opposed to my poor 14.4k modem. (I _had_ a 28.8k, it broke. And I'm not upgrading for the same reason I'm just waiting on the whole DNS isssue) > > -- > Steve Roome - Vision Interactive Ltd. > Tel:+44(0)117 9730597 Home:+44(0)976 241342 > WWW: http://dylan.visint.co.uk/ -- Jonathan Mini (j_mini@efn.org) ... bleakness ... desolation ... plastic forks ...
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