From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 08:57:11 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8160016A4BF; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:57:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.viper.net.au (gatekeeper.viper.net.au [203.31.238.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2260043FA3; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:57:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@mark.net.au) Received: from localhost (localhost.viper.net.au [127.0.0.1]) by gatekeeper.viper.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FCE83E316C; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:57:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gatekeeper.viper.net.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gatekeeper.viper.net.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22554-03; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 01:57:05 +1000 (EST) Received: from juana.isp.net.au (juana.isp.net.au [203.31.238.30]) by gatekeeper.viper.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id E29DB3E312B; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 01:57:04 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 01:57:04 +1000 (EST) From: Mark Russell X-X-Sender: mark@juana.isp.net.au To: Larry Rosenman In-Reply-To: <118240000.1063036334@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net> Message-ID: <20030909015350.P691@juana.isp.net.au> References: <6D6F0541E2B1D411A75B0002A513016D0ECC5051@wacorpml03.wwireless.c <20030909014607.Y691@juana.isp.net.au> <118240000.1063036334@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at isp.net.au cc: ports@freebsd.org cc: Mark Russell cc: "Hay, Russell" cc: "Sergey A. Osokin" Subject: RE: submitting a port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 15:57:11 -0000 On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Larry Rosenman wrote: > > > > --On Tuesday, September 09, 2003 01:48:01 +1000 Mark Russell > wrote: > > > On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Larry Rosenman wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> --On Monday, September 08, 2003 08:36:56 -0700 "Hay, Russell" > >> wrote: > >> > >> > ahh All the bored college kids home from school? > >> dunno who or why, but there was MASSIVE (I.E. 1000's of PR's) abuse, so > >> they > >> turned it off. > >> > >> It's a real shame :-( > > > > doesn't explain why they stopped accepting PR's from unresolved IP's > > though, use your standard BL's but a blanket ban is stupid, like most > > telco's > Again, too much abuse. > > My mailserver whines a lot about no reverse DNS. Why can't the ISP in > question > just put up generic forward/reverse on their dynamic IP's? > > We (Internet America, Inc/Dallas, TX US/My Employer) do. Thats nice, unfortuantly alot dont, my reverse works, cool, I've had major .au banks who just dont realize how important it is. Personally I'ld string them up by the short curly bits but hey they are lookout users, they dont care. Running a ISP in .au I tried doing the we dont accept from unesolved IP's it choked my support guys for days. > > LER > > > > >> > >> LER > >> > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Larry Rosenman [mailto:ler@lerctr.org] > >> > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 8:37 AM > >> > To: Mark Russell; Sergey A. Osokin > >> > Cc: ports@freebsd.org; Hay, Russell > >> > Subject: Re: submitting a port > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > --On Tuesday, September 09, 2003 01:32:32 +1000 Mark Russell > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Sergey A. Osokin wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 07:24:13AM -0700, Hay, Russell wrote: > >> >>> > I'm trying to submit a new port using send-pr, but my ISP doesn't > >> >>> > give reverse DNS for my IPs, and Postfix on freebsd.org will not > >> >>> > allow mail unless it can do a reverse DNS look up on the IP. Is > >> >>> > there another way to submit the PR to get a port added to the > >> >>> > ports collection? Or someway around the IP address issue? > >> >>> > >> >>> Just talk with your ISP about reverse DNS lookup. > >> >> > >> >> And if your ISP is clueless like the dominant telco in .au? > >> >> > >> >> There is a web based send-pr somewhere on the fbsd site. > >> > > >> > Nope. It was turned off during the North American Summer due to > >> > MASSIVE abuse. > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- You cant use the word sex on the internet -- Marge Simpson