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Date:      24 Jun 2000 15:13:04 -0000
From:      fcasadei@monrif.net ()
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Can't send mail: HELO command rejected
Message-ID:  <20000624151304.25899.qmail@community.monrif.net>

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Hi all,
I'm unable to send mail to freebsd-questions mailing list using mutt/qmail.
I can successfully send (and receive) mail to (and from) other addresses. I've
tried to send mail to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org and after few days I've 
received this error message:

Attachment #1:

This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason:

Your message was not delivered because the destination computer was
not reachable within the allowed queue period.  The amount of time
a message is queued before it is returned depends on local configura-
tion parameters.

Most likely there is a network problem that prevented delivery, but
it is also possible that the computer is turned off, or does not
have a mail system running right now.

Your message was not delivered within 4 days.
Host freebsd.org is not responding.

The following recipients did not receive this message:

     <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>

Please reply to Postmaster@tin.it
if you feel this message to be in error.


Attachment #2

Reporting-MTA: dns; fep08-svc.tin.it
Arrival-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 19:55:05 +0200
Received-From-MTA: dns; a-tr4-18.tin.it (212.216.170.145)

Final-Recipient: RFC822; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Action: failed
Status: 5.2.0
Remote-MTA: dns; freebsd.org
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 450 <fep08-svc.tin.it>: Helo command rejected: Host not found


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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 19:54:27 +0200
From: Francesco Casadei <fcasadei@monrif.net>
To: freebsd-questions mailing list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: B-deps and R-deps meaning
Message-ID: <20000615195427.A4513@casimirhost.kasby>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i
X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386

cd /usr/ports
make search key=navigator-4.73

...
Port:   netscape-navigator-4.73
Path:   /usr/ports/www/netscape47-navigator
Info:   Netscape ver 4.7 navigator web-surfboard
Maint:  sada@FreeBSD.org
Index:  www
B-deps: XFree86-3.3.6
R-deps: XFree86-3.3.6 XFree86-aoutlibs-3.3.3 netscape-remote-1.0
netscape-wrapper-2000.05.07
...

What do B-deps and R-deps mean?

   Francesco Casadei

---

The problem seems to be the HELO command. Here's my configuration to diagnose 
the problem.
I have a dial-up connection with to different ISPs: TIN (http://www.tin.it/)
and Tiscali (http://www.tiscalinet.it/). I have a script that makes a
connection and gets the following information:

/etc/resolv.conf:   domain name (tin.it or tiscalinet.it)
                    DNS1 (provided either by TIN or Tiscali)
                    DNS2

/var/run/smtpserver: either mail.tin.it or smtp.tiscalinet.it

The script /etc/ppp/ip-up writes two files:

/var/run/local-IP:  The dynamic IP assigned by TIN or Tiscali

/var/run/hostname:  The hostname assigned by TIN or Tiscali
                    for example a-tr3-47.tin.it


I have three email addresses:
 1) fcasadei@monrif.net : only for mailing lists (freebsd-questions,
    freebsd-stable, ctm-announce and ctm-src-4). Note that Monrif is NOT one
    of my ISP!
 2) f.casadei@tiscalinet.it : my 'official' address
 3) casadeif@tin.it : my old address 

I use fetchmail (as user casimiro) to:
receive from      | deliver to
------------------|-------------------------
mail.monrif.net   | casimiro-monrif-fcasadei
pop.tiscalinet.it | casimiro-tiscali-f.casadei
box1.tin.it       | casimiro-tin-casadeif

In mutt I have several folder-hooks that set the proper Return-Path: and From:
fields.
QMail is configured to send all outgoing mail to /var/qmail/alias/pppdir (I've
put :alias-ppp in /var/qmail/control/virtualdomains and ./pppdir/ in
/var/qmail/alias/.qmail-ppp-default). To send mail I execute (as root) the
script /usr/local/bin/mail-out:

#!/bin/sh
maildirsmtp /var/qmail/alias/pppdir alias-ppp- \
    `cat /var/run/smtpserver` `cat /var/run/hostname`

Now, what's wrong with this configuration? What do I have to do to send mail 
to freebsd-related mailing lists?

Thanks in advance for your help,

    Francesco Casadei

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