Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 19:16:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Jan Koum <jkb@best.com> To: Mosquito Net Admin Account <mosquito@itchy.mosquito.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980425191550.3346A-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <199804260031.UAA01421@itchy.mosquito.com>
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On Sat, 25 Apr 1998, Mosquito Net Admin Account wrote:
>I tried to update my sendmail including relay filtering,
>and ran into problems. My maillog file filled up with
>error messages saying:
>
>pr 25 20:25:30 itchy sendmail[1286]: gethostbyaddr(206.205.132.204) failed: 1
>Apr 25 20:25:30 itchy sendmail[1286]: gethostbyaddr(206.205.132.214) failed: 1
>Apr 25 20:25:30 itchy sendmail[1286]: gethostbyaddr(206.205.132.216) failed: 1
>Apr 25 20:25:30 itchy sendmail[1286]: gethostbyaddr(206.205.132.219) failed: 1
>Apr 25 20:25:30 itchy sendmail[1286]: gethostbyaddr(206.205.132.220) failed: 1
>Apr 25 20:25:30 itchy sendmail[1286]: gethostbyaddr(206.205.132.224) failed: 1
>Apr 25 20:25:31 itchy sendmail[1286]: gethostbyaddr(206.205.132.226) failed: 1
>
>and any mail originating locally but going out failed with a "Relaying denied"
>error.
>
>I believe my name server provides correct reverse lookups for these addresses.
No they do not:
shell6: {1003} nslookup 206.205.132.204
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
*** localhost can't find 206.205.132.204: Non-existent host/domain
shell6: {1004} ^204^220
nslookup 206.205.132.220
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
*** localhost can't find 206.205.132.220: Non-existent host/domain
shell6: {1005} ^220^226
nslookup 206.205.132.226
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
*** localhost can't find 206.205.132.226: Non-existent host/domain
shell6: {1006}
>
>Any ideas?
>
Ask your ISP to fix thier DNS. :)
>If it matters, I'm running 2.5-STABLE (yes, I know it's old, but I've
>been up for 200 days).
We seen bigger uptimes here >:)
>
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