From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 21:39:40 2003 Return-Path: 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 BE68D37B401 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 21:39:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay8-f68.bay8.hotmail.com [64.4.27.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BA1143F75 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 21:39:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from evantd@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 13 May 2003 21:39:40 -0700 Received: from 128.208.59.99 by by8fd.bay8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 14 May 2003 04:39:39 GMT X-Originating-IP: [128.208.59.99] X-Originating-Email: [evantd@hotmail.com] From: "Evan Dower" To: mij@soupnazi.org Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 21:39:39 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 May 2003 04:39:40.0269 (UTC) FILETIME=[D4EDD9D0:01C319D2] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: send-pr issues probably related to sendmail misconfiguration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 04:39:41 -0000 sendmail config confounds me. how do I do that? Thanks, Evan >From: Jim Mock > >On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 07:50 PM, Evan Dower wrote: >>When I try to send-pr, I get: >> >>May 9 02:28:09 lojak sm-mta[21955]: h499RhZE021953: >>to=, >>ctladdr= (1001/1001), delay=00:00:26, >>xdelay=00:00:25, mailer=esmtp, pri=30460, relay=mx1.freebsd.org. >>[216.136.204.125], dsn=4.2.0, stat=Deferred: 450 : >>Helo command rejected: Host not found >> >>I can 'mail evantd@hotmail.com' just fine, but I suspect that the hotmail >>servers don't resolve hostnames. lojak.washington.edu is NOT an FQDN, but >>it's a lot nicer looking. I suppose I could try changing whatever needs to >>be changed to my FQDN, but what exactly would need to be changed? Is that >>even what seems to be necessary? > >The FreeBSD mail server will bounce anything that doesn't resolve. If UW >gave you a smart host (a.k.a., SMTP server) on their network to use, >configure sendmail to use it. > >- jim > >-- >- jim mock mij@{soupnazi|opendarwin}.org jim@{bsdnews|FreeBSD}.org - >- editor in chief, BSD News: http://bsdnews.org http://soupnazi.org - > _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail