Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:40:26 -0400 From: "John Straiton" <jks@clickcom.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: AOL's mail policy (Was: Sendmail / mutt errors) Message-ID: <NEBBIGBGCKECLJCEOHJCCEPCCEAA.jks@clickcom.com> In-Reply-To: <14773.59796.326575.505048@guru.mired.org>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Meyer > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 2:52 AM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Cc: cwaiken@telerama.com > Subject: OT: AOL's mail policy (Was: Sendmail / mutt errors) > > > Dan Nelson writes: > > In the last episode (Sep 05), Alan Clegg said: > > > Unless the network is lying to me again, Christopher W. Aiken said: > > > > How can I set up "sendmail" or "mutt" to avoid the following errors > > > > that I'm getting with FreeBSD 4.1? I changed the email address to > > > > "protect the innocent". :) > > > > > > > -|<<< 550-AOL no longer accepts connections from > dynamically assigned > > > > -|<<< 550-IP addresses to our relay servers. Please > contact your ISP > > > > -|<<< 550 to have your mail redirected through your ISP's > SMTP servers. > > > Send mail via YOUR provider (not directly) by setting the > SMTP relay in > > > your sendmail.cf. > > The AOL message is very badly worded; there's nothing your ISP can do > > about it, although you might need to ask them what IP you should > > forward mail to, if you don't already know. For information on telling > > sendmail (and other MTAs) about parent mail servers, see > > http://www.mail-abuse.org/dul/gateways.htm . > Ok, well I have a co-located customer who is having the same problem trying to send mail to AOL addresses. He's not on a dynamic address and his forward & reverse match. What other criteria must be there for his machine to be able to send mail without sending through my mailserver? John Straiton ClickCom, Inc. jks@clickcom.com (704)365-9970x101 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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