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Date:      Sun, 1 Apr 2001 23:42:19 +0200
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Randall Hopper <aa8vb@nc.rr.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ARG!!! 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostnam
Message-ID:  <20010401234219.R490@cgmd76206.chello.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20010401173827.A6951@nc.rr.com>; from aa8vb@nc.rr.com on Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 05:38:27PM -0400
References:  <20010401163356.N490@cgmd76206.chello.nl> <20010401145708.7287.qmail@web1004.mail.yahoo.com> <20010401170510.O490@cgmd76206.chello.nl> <20010401173827.A6951@nc.rr.com>

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On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 05:38:27PM -0400, Randall Hopper wrote:
> Time Warner RoadRunner (cable modem service) ignores all request to
> register DNS hostnames for all their IPs (we here have been down that path
> before).  So effectively this shuts off everyone on Time Warner cable modem
> service from "directly" mailing to the FreeBSD mailing lists.

It's a shame, but if it's their policy....

> Seeing how that is the default sendmail config, it locks all but sendmail
> hackers and the most persistent users off the FreeBSD lists (newbies can
> just forget it).  They can't even mail to the lists to get help with the
> problem.

And just dumping it on their smtp-relay, just like all people with
'normal' mail-readers do?

Edwin

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