From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 01:09:19 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 742A01065675 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:09:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4976D8FC16 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:09:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75428E1D; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:09:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:09:18 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: cjr@cruwe.de, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <03017E79B6B5A7016CDBEBD6@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <20110619002902.694eb6d0@dijkstra> References: <20110618175357.29f06cb1@dijkstra> <201106181557.09148.DStaal@usa.net> <20110619002902.694eb6d0@dijkstra> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: unable to reach bsd-lists via mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:09:19 -0000 --As of June 19, 2011 12:29:02 AM +0200, Christopher J. Ruwe is alleged to have said: > (The server is a rented virtual machine.) Am I right that I need to set > the rDNS of 188.40.164.98 to mail.cruwe.de to make the freebsd.org > servers accept my mail or that, should I set the rDNS to cruwe.de, I > should make the mailer on mail.cruwe.de identify itself as cruwe.de > instead of mail.cruwe.de? > > Anyway, thank you very much for your help, --As for the rest, it is mine. In postfix, the relevant setting is 'myhostname' in main.cf for the hostname. >From my experience, it doesn't have to match the rDNS. It needs to match the MX record. But, you should be able to see what they are saying as a rejection notice from your logs. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------