From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 2 10:50:55 2003 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 F387337B407 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 10:50:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82A1043FE3 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 10:50:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a046.otenet.gr [212.205.215.46]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h22IoSks029339; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:50:31 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h22IoKeh055519; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:50:28 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.7/8.12.7/Submit) id h22I3o4T054788; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:03:50 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:03:50 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC 1912 compliant ISP's... Message-ID: <20030302180350.GB52652@gothmog.gr> References: <010301c2e070$25864270$0100a8c0@DaleCoportable> <011d01c2e071$b1b6aae0$0100a8c0@DaleCoportable> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <011d01c2e071$b1b6aae0$0100a8c0@DaleCoportable> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [ Top posting 'fixed'. ] On 2003-03-01 22:10, "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." wrote: > "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." wrote: > > Hi, mostly I'm just testing > > my ISP's smtp service(s). > > > > The name they give out for users to use as the outgoing MTA is not > > listed in the reverse zone, so I can't post to wonderful servers > > like those @freebsd.org. > > > > Anybody else got service this wonderful :) > > And, since it worked I'll pat myself on the back for my ingenuity, > and slap myself on the wrist for forgetting that there's a test@ > list for just such a purpose. Apologies. > > Anyone from SouthWest Missouri who uses my ISP, I'll let you in on > the secret... It's not really a secret. Besides, why not mail it to the list anyway? This way someone who has similar problems in the future will find the answer in the list archives :-P You shouldn't set up your mta to forward mail directly to their destination when you're behind an ISP, but relay all your messages through the ISP's mail gateway using Sendmail's SMART_HOST feature. - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message