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Date:      Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:55:47 +0100
From:      Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com>
To:        groggy11@mail.com
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bad isp - dns
Message-ID:  <20020428095547.E296@fishballoon.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <200204280309.g3S39An58790@groggy.anc.acsalaska.net>; from groggy11@mail.com on Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 03:09:11AM %2B0000
References:  <200204280309.g3S39An58790@groggy.anc.acsalaska.net>

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On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 03:09:11AM +0000, groggy11@mail.com wrote:
> this is a problem in regards to FreeBSD maillists.
> FBSD maillists do a DNS lookup on any host sending
> email.  my ISP refuses to pass on DNS queries to
> my server, so clients on my network cannot
> have their name->number mappings answered.
> 
> i have had this problem for years, and
> the ISP is the major telephone/communications
> company for the city.  i don't guess i have any
> "rights" to force them to pass on DNS queries
> to my server - so what can i do???

Route your mail through your ISP's SMTP server?  You're paying for it, so
you may as well use it.

	Scott

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