From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 16 21: 8:46 2003 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 B524937B401 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:08:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from otto.acs.nmu.edu (otto.acs.nmu.edu [198.110.199.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D37443F3F for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:08:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from plathrop@nmu.edu) Received: from nmu.edu (Minerva.resnet.nmu.edu [204.38.206.86]) by otto.acs.nmu.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2H58c7D029178; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 00:08:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 00:08:35 -0500 Subject: Re: Sending mail to this list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org To: Daxbert From: "Paul D. Lathrop" In-Reply-To: <1047875517.3e754fbd6e85e@ra.dweebsoft.com> Message-Id: <8146DC19-5836-11D7-A325-000393BF3DE2@nmu.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail (v25) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) X-Antivirus:: Passed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 11:31 PM, Daxbert wrote: > Quoting "Paul D. Lathrop" : > >> I was attempting to send a different question to this list, when I ran >> smack dab into a more pressing problem. When I sent the mail, it never >> reached the list. Further investigation found this message in my mail >> logs: >> >> Mar 16 22:10:32 rackspace postfix/smtp[28417]: 8B00131673: >> to=, relay=mx1.freebsd.org[216.136.204.125], >> delay=11, status=deferred (host mx1.freebsd.org[216.136.204.125] said: >> 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, [65.61.155.146] >> (in reply to RCPT TO command)) > > I believe your mail is being rejected by the freebsd.org server due to > '65.61.155.146' not having a reverse pointer. I run many domains off of this machine - does it have to have a reverse pointer that matches the domain name for every domain, or will it suffice to have a single correct reverse pointer? In short, I want to make sure my server is configured correctly to not appear as a spammer or some other nuisance - Web Media Works (the company I work for) is a valid (if small) hosting provider. Thanks for your help, Paul D. Lathrop (normally plathrop@mqtweb.com) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQE+dVhWlos2supvBQwRAnwdAJ4nCY/TjKOg14coWLzsIBO4yt1RIACfbv2a DDEdcpIej0RZEkxoRelTm7g= =UAg3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message