Date: 10 Sep 2004 10:13:42 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Gene Bomgardner" <glbjr_01@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't send to mailing list from server Message-ID: <44pt4uus89.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY1-F7moICXcwocLNo000a7822@hotmail.com> References: <BAY1-F7moICXcwocLNo000a7822@hotmail.com>
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"Gene Bomgardner" <glbjr_01@hotmail.com> writes: > Actually, the IPS's DNS entry is for reverse lookup. I suspect that > the problem might be that a forward lookup returns a different IP > address. That is: > > domain.net --> 172.1.1.1 While > 209.1.1.1 --> domain.net > > Because the domain is redirected normally to domaindirect servers. I > probably need to change the primary DNS entries, but I'm not certain > yet. Absolutely. Your mail server is claiming to be a different host. > GOD!!!! I hate the hoops we need to go through to avoid filthy spammers!!!! True, but this is different. Your server is misconfigured in a way that makes it difficult to be sure that error messages go to the right place, so my mail server would have rejected its connections even before I started tightening down against "spam."
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