From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 12:29:15 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 1E2B31065670 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:29:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrruwe@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f68.google.com (mail-fx0-f68.google.com [209.85.161.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A04018FC14 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:29:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm15 with SMTP id 15so129443fxm.7 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:29:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=UqUlwy1iAzs95i/T1rDS08lBc/VEVk2pAZfzXbO7pIo=; b=WGg8bpFNTS/2XUchNSHIkSLL1K3L8GOh4+YABbTEdJLHCOXedVQ+BqsFlDO+fYRWtX 48I61JBnL5lOfD8mEQufrCbp7I/P8lKjMjLAIQwCpmfsPd1iEa5uyzIvccnJogTN0uQ0 eDcVG8yYQOh+cud6z+9CNOsAzOfMJto8hy83o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=BfHEV4Q2xOBEF8IhxHNSPeHGJoPIDXHYuAOp/3OYLBNC/RZhbH62uQGYQc6Rq/4aiZ Hm+itC9iM1uq27XfgXghyj1dEyHcyRS/xiKmbp2pe+gW/Pqkke5JSC1QRAB0UAgPo/i3 PtdDF7kmdLmMkIiJJhNoR3WIfbKfxWKBAbACQ= Received: by 10.223.57.5 with SMTP id a5mr4616206fah.90.1308486553630; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:29:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dijkstra (p57BDE8DE.dip.t-dialin.net [87.189.232.222]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g8sm2246888fai.20.2011.06.19.05.29.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:29:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:29:07 +0200 From: "Christopher J. Ruwe" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110619142907.4b39e274@dijkstra> In-Reply-To: <4DFDE7E2.1070404@ifdnrg.com> References: <20110618175357.29f06cb1@dijkstra> <201106181557.09148.DStaal@usa.net> <20110619002902.694eb6d0@dijkstra> <4DFD95B2.7050603@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4DFDE587.5070500@bah.homeip.net> <4DFDE7E2.1070404@ifdnrg.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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 Reply-To: cjr@cruwe.de List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:29:15 -0000 On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:13:22 +0100 Paul Macdonald wrote: > 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. > > Thanks for all the effort ... somehow, posting an error message was the *one* thing I forgot: Jun 19 14:23:37 mail postfix/smtp[9416]: CE6A019C50: to=, relay=mx1.freebsd.org[69.147.83.52]:25, delay=944, delays=943/0.03/0.86/0.19, dsn=4.7.1, status=deferred (host mx1.freebsd.org[69.147.83.52] said: 450 4.7.1 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, [188.40.164.98] (in reply to RCPT TO command)) Thanks again, cheers -- Christopher J. Ruwe TZ GMT + 2 -- Christopher J. Ruwe TZ GMT + 2