From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 18 06:37:09 2004 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 AD15016A4CE for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:37:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75DB343D1F for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:37:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dsyphers@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) ESMTP id iAI6b6Ih017595; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:37:06 -0800 Received: from yggdrasil.seektruth.org (c-67-171-38-33.client.comcast.net [67.171.38.33]) (authenticated bits=0)iAI6b51a011017 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NOT); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:37:06 -0800 From: David Syphers To: Giorgos Keramidas Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:37:41 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200411172035.59370.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> <200411172110.36105.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> <20041118062631.GA4385@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20041118062631.GA4385@gothmog.gr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411172237.42389.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: basic sendmail problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:37:09 -0000 On Wednesday 17 November 2004 10:26 pm, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > Yes, I got that. What I didn't understand was why is fixing the DNS > setup not a priority here? Well, that's not what you asked. It wasn't a priority because I didn't know this was a problem, and my "server" is a computer that I got for $25 at Boeing surplus to host my little domain that does nothing much. So I don't 'prioritize' things relating to it. > You can probably get away with: > > FEATURE(`accept_unqualified_senders') > FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains') > > but this is a huge spam proxy waiting to happen. Instead of 'fixing' > what isn't broken, you should try to fix DNS resolution of your IP > addresses. It's better in the long run. I totally agree. Have any tips on how to do this? Should what I was doing to /etc/hosts work? And _is_ this what is causing the Sendmail problem? Thanks, -David