From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 11 0: 5:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29EEE37B4EC for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 00:05:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com ([216.196.73.168]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Sun, 11 Feb 2001 00:03:42 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1B85Ye32887; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 00:05:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 00:05:33 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Steve Leibel Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sending mail from unnamed system Message-ID: <20010211000533.G62368@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from stevel@bluetuna.com on Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:43:15AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message