From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 23 7:53: 3 2002 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 4954E37B401 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 07:53:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.65.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BBF7143EE5 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 07:53:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from st_albert@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 15552 invoked by uid 0); 23 Dec 2002 15:52:58 -0000 Received: from kpt-c-24-158-105-154.chartertn.net (HELO phoenix.lonesome.org) (24.158.105.154) by mail.gmx.net (mp003-rz3) with SMTP; 23 Dec 2002 15:52:58 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Albertus Magnus To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: once last try Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 10:52:59 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <20021223112336.4286.qmail@web10707.mail.yahoo.com> <20021223123554.GB690@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20021223123554.GB690@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200212231052.59455.st_albert@gmx.net> 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 On Monday 23 December 2002 07:35, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # bsdsys@yahoo.com / 2002-12-23 03:23:36 -0800: > > OK. I have tried unsuscribing to this mailing list and > > re-subscribing to it and then sending e-mails to it to > > test but my e-mails never make it. I know this e-mail > > will make it to the list but this account is not the > > one im having problems with. I'm having problems with > > my POP account. if someone could help me figure out > > what the problem is i would appreciate it. I dont get > > any error messages back either when i try to send > > e-mails to this list from my POP account. > > The freebsd.org MTA is somewhat anal about the properties of the > other side of the SMTP connection. The name sent in EHLO/HELO > must resolve to the address of the host, and its IP address must > resolve to that name. This is a very successful anti-spam measure. It > unfortunately also causes some collateral damage. Roman, Excuse me for jumping in to this, but I'm also one who is also confused=20 by all the hoops needed to successfully gain the favor of the=20 freebsd.org MTA. Thanks for your clear and detailed explanation (here=20 and in another post). But it seems to me that there's more to it than you've described above. =20 For example, ISTR that when I was using Pegasus Mail (Windows) I had to=20 change its settings so as not to put "@localhost" in the message-ID=20 header (or some such thing... I don't remember exactly). Anyway, as of now, using KDE Kmail, I have tried three different MTA's:=20 two ISP's and sendmail on my own FBSD box connected to the cable modem. =20 In each case they supply (to freebsd.org) the correct hostname which=20 resolves to the correct IP address, and vice versa. Yet only one gets=20 through. I'm not sure why... the only errors I get are something like=20 "connection refused" or "service unavailable" or something equally=20 non-specific. Could it be that freebsd.org checks farther back in the chain than just=20 the MTA that is talking to it? Or is it something else? Maybe I should check some of the spam that does get through, and see how=20 they do it ;-) Regards, Albert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message