From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Apr 5 8:43:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc4-card4-0-cust162.cdf.cable.ntl.com [80.4.14.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C874037B416 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 08:43:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1) id 16tWnq-0009HI-00; Fri, 05 Apr 2002 17:43:06 +0100 Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 17:43:06 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Tom Rhodes Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC: Change to "why does my mail to FreeBSD.org bounce" FAQ Message-ID: <20020405164306.GA35109@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Tom Rhodes , doc@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020405155943.GA25988@submonkey.net> <20020405114723.767d28c9.darklogik@pittgoth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020405114723.767d28c9.darklogik@pittgoth.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 11:47:23AM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:59:43 +0100 > Ceri wrote: > > > > > As a result of the spamfest on -questions today (which I am, yet > > again, partly responsible for), it came to my attention that the FAQ > > is lacking a reason why mail to hub.FreeBSD.org may be rejected. > > > > I've tried to knock up a patch for this, but DNS and I are too > > familiar for me to able to do it properly - I don't think people > > will understand the answer, and I need someone to knock it into > > shape. > > > Its a wonderful attempt! Let me add one thing, just say what you want > to say in a very understandable mannor: Thanks > ``Mail sent from your personal computer or networked computer will not > be processed unless you have a legal (registered) domain name. Just > making up one for your internal network does not qualify as a legal > (registered) domain name. For email to be accepted at hub.FreeBSD.org > you will be required to use the email address from your ISP or another > email address from a qualified domain. In plain english, if you > cannot accept mail to your computer with (whoever@example.com) then > your email may most likly bounce as a result.'' I knew it wasn't clear! The problem isn't to do with the email address - it's purely the hostname given in the HELO line : {setantae@rhadamanth}-{~} $ telnet hub.freebsd.org smtp Trying 216.136.204.18... Connected to hub.freebsd.org. Escape character is '^]'. 220 hub.freebsd.org ESMTP Postfix (Postfix Rules!) helo i.dont.resolve 250 hub.freebsd.org mail from: 250 Ok rcpt to: 450 : Helo command rejected: Host not found quit 221 Bye Connection closed by foreign host. Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message