From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 8 16:53:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55E6916A4CF for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:53:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from orion.kls2.com (orion.kls2.com [198.51.109.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C6F43D49 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:53:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from karl@kls2.com) Received: from orion.kls2.com (localhost.kls2.com [127.0.0.1]) by orion.kls2.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i88GrW4N034768 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:53:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karl@kls2.com) Received: (from karl@localhost) by orion.kls2.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i88GrWoN034767 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:53:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karl@kls2.com) X-Authentication-Warning: orion.kls2.com: karl set sender to karl@kls2.com using -f Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:53:32 -0700 From: Karl Swartz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040908165332.GF15833@orion.kls2.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Can't send to mailing list from server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 16:53:35 -0000 > Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, [209.x.y.z] > > 209.x.y.z is a static address with a DNS entry courtesy of my ISP. > > Any idea what the list's mta is looking for and how I can provide it? By obfuscating the last three octets you destroyed the evidence needed to fully help you. The error text (cannot find your hostname) suggests you don't have reverse DNS -- mail admins increasingly won't accept mail from such hosts because that's often a sign of a mismanaged network which also happens to be spewing spam. However, your message includes a full 209 address in the headers: Received: from 209.240.79.79 by by1fd.bay1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 08 Sep 2004 15:51:01 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.240.79.79] 209.240.79.79 does have reverse DNS, so if that's the address that was not being accepted by the freebsd mail server it's a bit more puzzling. Perhaps reverse DNS was temporarily unavailble. -- Karl Swartz |Home karl@kls2.com http://www.kls2.com/~karl/ "The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." - Andrew A. Rooney