From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 29 4:28:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from groggy.anc.acsalaska.net (groggy.anc.acsalaska.net [208.151.119.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5520B37B400 for ; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 04:28:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from abc@localhost) by groggy.anc.acsalaska.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g3TBWdB39021 for "freebsd-questions" ; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:32:39 GMT (envelope-from groggy11@mail.com) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:32:39 GMT From: groggy11@mail.com Message-Id: <200204291132.g3TBWdB39021@groggy.anc.acsalaska.net> X-Authentication-Warning: en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net: abc set sender to groggy11@mail.com using -f Subject: private IP/sendmail X-Mailer: Umail v2.3 To: "freebsd-questions" 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 ok - i want to put up a post of the simple answer to a question that has plagued me for years. if this email succeeds in being posted, the solution is in place. PROBLEM: emailing some domains (such as freebsd.org) from a private IP machine behind a "ppp -nat" gateway result in a: "stat=Deferred: 450 : helo command rejected: Host not found" error in sendmails log. SOLUTION: enter "DjPPP-NAT-HOSTNAME" in the /etc/mail/sendmail.cw file of the machines with private IPs that are using/behind the "ppp -nat" gateway. heh. i can't help but humor myself as to how simple the answer is and how many lengthy technical responses i had to parse and study to dig out an answer - but i guess that's the BSD way hehe. thanks for everyone that took time to write and explain things. the cooperative effort and sharing of knowledge of free unix projects are always amazing to see at work. and pretty humbling when one consider the intelligence of the various people behind the projects that are willing to take the time to write and explain to most anyone. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message