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Date:      Sun, 11 Feb 2001 00:05:33 -0800
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        Steve Leibel <stevel@bluetuna.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sending mail from unnamed system
Message-ID:  <20010211000533.G62368@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex>
In-Reply-To: <v04210103b6abf2717b9f@[24.168.80.161]>; from stevel@bluetuna.com on Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:43:15AM -0500
References:  <F112ZNTXiQD9Eg44PdO0000ea7e@hotmail.com> <v04210103b6abf2717b9f@[24.168.80.161]>

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On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:43:15AM -0500, Steve Leibel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to use sendmail to send out some email.  My FreeBSD box is 
> on my local network behind a gateway machine that's connected to a 
> cable modem.  When I send out email it bounces because the recipient 
> can't do a reverse-DNS lookup on my system.
> 
> Are there any ways around this?

Relay the mail through a machine that (a) will accept your mail and
relay it, and (b) will be accepted as a valid relay by the ultimate
desitnation. The obvious choice would be your ISP's mailservers that
exist for this specific purpose.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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