Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:37:31 -0500 From: "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" <mit@mitayai.net> To: "Christoph Sold" <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Sendmail rulesets. Message-ID: <NEBBIEGPMLMKDBMMICFNMEMPDIAA.mit@mitayai.net> In-Reply-To: <3A2544C5.3070400@i-clue.de>
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That does not seem right... Not every company even HAS an ip address for their domian, especially when they are just using it for mail. after all, for mail, all you need is an MX record.... -----Original Message----- From: Christoph Sold [mailto:so@server.i-clue.de] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 1:03 PM To: Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail rulesets. Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe wrote: > Hi, folks... > > i'm running 4.2-STABLE with an updated sendmail.cf file, and i'm getting > some strange things going on... > > here's a message i get a lot: > > Nov 26 12:44:50 castle sendmail[14916]: eAQHhTu14916: ruleset=check_mail, > arg1=<paulf@canadianalliance.ca>, relay=tomts1.bellnexxia.net > [209.226.175.139], reject=451 4.1.8 <paulf@canadianalliance.ca>... Domain > of sender address paulf@canadianalliance.ca does not resolve > Nov 26 12:44:50 castle sendmail[14916]: eAQHhTu14916: > from=<paulf@canadianalliance.ca>, size=10963, class=0, nrcpts=0, > proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=tomts1.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.139] > > What exactly can it not resolve? I resolve canadianalliance.ca just fine on > that machine... Both forward and reverse name mapping must resolve. That is, if a.b.com resolves to 1.2.3.4, 4.3.2.1.in-addr.arpa must resolve to a.b.com. Just check this is the case using either dig or nslookup for the host(s) in question. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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