From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Apr 28 1:55:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D75B37B405 for ; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 01:55:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([80.4.0.215]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020428085548.EDIC20036.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:55:48 +0100 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.6]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g3S8tlV94820; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:55:47 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g3S8tlB19420; Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:55:47 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott) Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:55:47 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: groggy11@mail.com Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bad isp - dns Message-ID: <20020428095547.E296@fishballoon.dyndns.org> References: <200204280309.g3S39An58790@groggy.anc.acsalaska.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200204280309.g3S39An58790@groggy.anc.acsalaska.net>; from groggy11@mail.com on Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 03:09:11AM +0000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message