Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:07:37 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cjc-desktop.reflexcom.com> To: Gill <jamgill@UU.NET> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: two questions Message-ID: <20000730120737.I7953@cjc-desktop.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.20.0007301242560.22179-100000@csserve0.corp.us.uu.net>; from jamgill@UU.NET on Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 12:46:14PM -0400 References: <Pine.GSO.4.20.0007301242560.22179-100000@csserve0.corp.us.uu.net>
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On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 12:46:14PM -0400, Gill wrote:
>
> one question is why did the following message get rejected ("access
> denied?" from an address that is subscribed to the list!) and the second
> question is contained in the body below:
>
> >From ****@topsecret.net Sun Jul 30 12:40:08 2000
> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 20:38:47 -0400
> From: ****@topsecret.net
> Reply-To: ****@topsecret.net
> To: gill@topsecret.net
> Subject: Permanent Delivery Failure
>
> The attached message had PERMANENT fatal delivery errors!
>
> After one or more unsuccessful delivery attempts the attached message has
> been removed from the mail queue on this server. The number and frequency
> of delivery attempts are determined by local configuration parameters.
>
> YOUR MESSAGE WAS NOT DELIVERED!
>
> --- Partial Session Transcript ---
> MAIL From:<gill@topsecret.net>
> 250 Ok
> RCPT To:<questions@freebsd.org>
> 554 <c383498-240-189-116.ixpres.com[216.240.189.116]>: Client host rejected: Access denied
> QUIT
> --- End Transcript ---
I am guessing because the IP address for topsecret.net does not
reverse-lookup to topsecret.net, but to c383498-240-189-116.ixpres.com?
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.com
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