Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:11:33 +0200 From: "Christopher J. Ruwe" <chrruwe@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: paul@ifdnrg.com Subject: Re: unable to reach bsd-lists via mail 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>
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On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:12:46 +0100 Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> 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=<freebsd-test@freebsd.org>, > > 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
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