From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 9 15:57:54 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 AC8DB16A4B3 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:57:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mygirlfriday.info (adsl-65-64-145-209.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net [65.64.145.209]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF2443FAF for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:57:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gv-list-freebsdquestions@mygirlfriday.info) Received: (qmail 3366 invoked from network); 9 Oct 2003 22:57:12 -0000 Received: from user204.net795.mo.sprint-hsd.net (HELO major.mygirlfriday.info) (65.41.216.204) by mongo.mygirlfriday.info with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 9 Oct 2003 22:57:12 -0000 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:57:51 -0500 From: Gary X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.00.6) Personal Organization: Hardly X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <373099545.20031009175751@mygirlfriday.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20031009183441.A82388@m-net.arbornet.org> References: <20031009183441.A82388@m-net.arbornet.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: can't send mail to freebsd lists X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 22:57:54 -0000 Hi Nunotex, On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:34:41 -0400 GMT (10/9/2003, 5:34 PM +0500 GMT my time), nunotex@pt-quorum.com wrote: n> I'm trying send messages to freebsd lists via my ISP SMTP server but I n> get this error bellow. n> Can anyone help me solving this? n> Nuno Teixeira n> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at sapo.pt. I'm afraid I wasn't able n> to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent n> error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. n> : 216.136.204.125 does not like recipient. n> Remote host said: n> 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, n> [194.65.79.222] This is the key... you are apparently getting a soft reject because your IP address, or the IP address of your ISP, which is 194.65.79.222 does not resolve to anything... there is no reverse delegation, or any delegation. Many mail servers will reject incoming IP addresses that do not resolve to anything as a line of defense against spam. I do. -- Gary It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.