From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 11 02:06:37 2005 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 5AB8716A4CE for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 02:06:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kane.otenet.gr (kane.otenet.gr [195.170.0.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D14043D55 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 02:06:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a073.otenet.gr [212.205.215.73]) j0B266qA008925; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 04:06:26 +0200 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0B255cJ003391; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 04:05:05 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0B24kk8003375; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 04:04:46 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 04:04:46 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Chuck Swiger , pwd8jmr22w@me.point.ne.jp Message-ID: <20050111020445.GA3301@gothmog.gr> References: <1105432346.638.31.camel@localhost> <41E314C0.1010502@mac.com> <1105435387.849.18.camel@localhost> <41E32005.2040403@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41E32005.2040403@mac.com> cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sendmail problem - Helo command rejected: Host not found 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: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 02:06:37 -0000 On 2005-01-10 19:38, Chuck Swiger wrote: >Srot BULL wrote: >>> The simple answer is that the name your machine claims to be isn't >>> registered in the DNS, which is normal for dynamic connections. You >>> should either relay all email to the mailserver your ISP should have >>> available, or you should configure your MTA to masquerade as a valid >>> domain. The former is likely to better in terms of passing >>> spam-sensitive mailers. >> >> Can I configure my system's sendmail to the above suggestion that you >> wrote? Or am I stuck to using Evolution/Thunderbird with an SMTP >> setting and not sendmail as my smtp server? [...] > > Go to /etc/mail. Edit freebsd.cf (look for SMART_HOST), point it at your > ISP's mail server. Do "make stop; make install; make start". FWIW, the file edited should be `freebsd.mc', not `freebsd.cf' otherwise a subsequent "make install" will overwrite the edited `freebsd.cf' file with a fresh copy generated from `freebsd.mc'. To the original poster... The configuration process of Sendmail can be a bit tricky, but it has been discussed over and over again in this list. You may also find it useful to search the mailing list archives: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/