From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 12:13:25 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54C69106566B for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:13:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) Received: from ifdnrg30.ifdnrg.com (outbound.ifdnrg.com [193.200.98.138]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAB4F8FC19 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:13:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.85] (93-97-172-73.zone5.bethere.co.uk [93.97.172.73]) (authenticated bits=0) by ifdnrg30.ifdnrg.com (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5JCDMJV050306 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:13:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) Message-ID: <4DFDE7E2.1070404@ifdnrg.com> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:13:22 +0100 From: Paul Macdonald User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <20110618175357.29f06cb1@dijkstra> <201106181557.09148.DStaal@usa.net> <20110619002902.694eb6d0@dijkstra> <4DFD95B2.7050603@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4DFDE587.5070500@bah.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <4DFDE587.5070500@bah.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: unable to reach bsd-lists via mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:13:25 -0000 On 19/06/2011 13:03, Bernt Hansson wrote: > 2011-06-19 08:22, Matthew Seaman skrev: >> On 18/06/2011 23:29, Christopher J. Ruwe wrote: >>> The mailer answers "220 mail.cruwe.de ESMTP Postfix" when telnet'ed, so >>> I guess that is what the mailer returns as hostname. >>> >>> I did not know about that DNS/rDNS issue ... >> >> You need the name your mail server HELOs as to resolve both forwards and >> reverse --- > > No. Our mailserver does not resolve DNS/rDNS and I can send mail > without problems to freebsd.org. > > reverse dns is definately a good thing to have in place if you want your mail to be accepted by remote MTA's. I didn't see the OP post an error message in this thread, that would be a good place to start. -- ------------------------- Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting ------------------------- t: 0131 5548070 m: 07534206249 e: paul@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com ------------------------- IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA -------------------------