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Date:      Tue, 19 Jun 2001 19:55:42 -0400
From:      Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>
To:        Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Domain WHOIS/Sendmail
Message-ID:  <20010619195542.A75421@peitho.fxp.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010619183043.I1165-100000@awww.jeah.net>; from chris@jeah.net on Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 06:32:24PM -0500
References:  <20010619183043.I1165-100000@awww.jeah.net>

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On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 06:32:24PM -0500, Chris Byrnes wrote:
> 
> As you probably know, a lot of mentally retarded individuals are doing
> things like registering
> MY.MICROSOFT.COMPANY.IS.BETTER.THAN.YOURPENIS.ORG as a nameserver in an
> effort to make it difficult to whois microsoft.com.
> 
> Now sendmail doesn't like it.
> 
> Jun 19 18:27:14 awww sendmail[1105]: f5JNREJ01105: ruleset=check_mail,
> arg1=<Domain.Manager.System@web14.nyat.register.com>,
> relay=[216.21.228.13], reject=501 5.1.8
> <Domain.Manager.System@web14.nyat.register.com>... Domain of sender
> address Domain.Manager.System@web14.nyat.register.com does not exist
> Jun 19 18:27:14 awww sendmail[1105]: f5JNREJ01105:
> from=<Domain.Manager.System@web14.nyat.register.com>, size=2495, class=0,
> nrcpts=0, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[216.21.228.13]
> 

Their hostname is invalid:

$ host web14.nyat.register.com
Host not found.
$ 

> awww# whois register.com
> 

Why would sendmail care about whois?

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Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org
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