Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 12:58:49 -0600 From: "Duke Normandin" <dnormandin@freewwweb.com> To: <cjclark@alum.mit.edu> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sendmail and DNS Message-ID: <009501bfdcc1$afc9cca0$47b10a40@odie>
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On Wednesday, June 21, 2000 8:03 PM Crist J. Clark <cristjc@earthlink.net> wrote: >On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 07:49:50PM -0500, Cain, Justin wrote: > >[snip] > >> As far as I can tell my DNS info looks good and it does point >> to the right IP, Although Im wondering if it has something to do with 8.10 >> sendmail and something I missed. Im clueless in ths matter and would >> appreciate any help you guys can provide. Please reply to this email with >> suggestions. > >Your address does not reverse-lookup. > > % nslookup 204.177.57.156 > Server: rns1.earthlink.net > Address: 207.217.126.81 > > *** rns1.earthlink.net can't find 204.177.57.156: Non-existent host/domain > >Even if the A record works. > >> jcain@kivex.com >> >> Error Message listed in my maillog: >> >> Jun 21 20:27:52 scully sendmail[633]: e5LMkMb00453: >> to=<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, ctladdr=<asmo@scully.gothworld.com> >> (1000/1 >> 000), delay=01:41:30, xdelay=00:00:05, mailer=esmtp, pri=390657, >> relay=hub.freebsd.org. [204.216.27.18], dsn=4.2.0, stat=Deferred: 450 Client >> host rejected: cannot find your hostname, [204.177.57.156] > >Seems like a pretty clear error message to me. >-- >Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu Would you know of a web reference that would explain the diff. between dns / reverse-dns. I'm also assuming that lookups / reverse-lookups refer to the same thing. Tia... -duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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