From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 14:11:41 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 04913106564A for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:11:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrruwe@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 836548FC08 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:11:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so1491180fxm.13 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:11:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kxjYflfx2KfzpUwQWOecHhYXa2fsId6WZOfRZ6IMJP4=; b=qSu4rQBUtsTgk7K0vTCUTiI03Ytx9JNtE1aKmu/46sA+/i03ujqgjuXg0IzMjkZLlg e0DUePtgIbEq/7WjrfoFqit/Z6dDASo3GfIePUi1b6EsVM3VfNIK40cNxnhX/QWWD70X KTpni/q6wB+KzBmA7qYadWjywAs4FK4k9qX/I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SiwPwVWlZOUq4T+MvPjdqABCoEewJkFIyHOopqSd70HPkdn/ktxbmE2tE2Q3U36by0 rgvinpgTuJ/gWvEQhzVyGq5CNw2mwGTMtdgcsP/H3VGYEMZQswPobnjEQIDPsyb/ik/l RI8kQEgCsw5zvUUj5fMCY2q3fn/f6kYD47lO0= Received: by 10.223.76.219 with SMTP id d27mr4728355fak.87.1308492699413; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:11:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dijkstra (p57BDE8DE.dip.t-dialin.net [87.189.232.222]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e16sm2283952fak.17.2011.06.19.07.11.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:11:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:11:33 +0200 From: "Christopher J. Ruwe" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110619161133.327257fb@dijkstra> In-Reply-To: <4DFDF5CE.9080709@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> <20110619142907.4b39e274@dijkstra> <4DFDF5CE.9080709@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 Cc: paul@ifdnrg.com Subject: Re: unable to reach bsd-lists via mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:11:41 -0000 On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:12:46 +0100 Paul Macdonald wrote: > > > 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 > I'm not that familiar with postfix, but the issue does look rdns > related. > > Under sendmail, on hosts with multiple names you have to make sure > the hostname it uses to make the connection is the one that all your > reverse dns is setup for. > (your rdns does resolve backwards and forwards , but the ptr cruwe.de > is possibly not what your mail server advertises its hostname with > ( not neccesarily the same when you telnet in the make an incoming > conn). > > #dig -x 188.40.164.98 +short > cruwe.de > If you mail me direct i can tell you what hostname i see, thats the > one i'd try adding the rdns for. > > Paul. > I have asked my provider to set rDNS for 188.40.164.98 to cruwe.de, which he has, and changed the $myhostname to cruwe.de (was mail.cruwe.de before). Currently, I am waiting for DNS to permeate to the caches and will try with freebsd-test@ again tomorrow. Thanks again, -- Christopher J. Ruwe TZ GMT + 2 -- Christopher J. Ruwe TZ GMT + 2