Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:59:43 +0100 From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net> To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: RFC: Change to "why does my mail to FreeBSD.org bounce" FAQ Message-ID: <20020405155943.GA25988@submonkey.net>
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As a result of the spamfest on -questions today (which I am, yet again,
partly responsible for), it came to my attention that the FAQ is lacking
a reason why mail to hub.FreeBSD.org may be rejected.
I've tried to knock up a patch for this, but DNS and I are too familiar
for me to able to do it properly - I don't think people will understand
the answer, and I need someone to knock it into shape.
Thanks,
Ceri
Here's my attempt :
--- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml.old Fri Apr 5 16:46:18 2002
+++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Fri Apr 5 16:52:56 2002
@@ -11186,6 +11186,17 @@
option. In this case, relay your email through your
service provider's mail server.</para>
</listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The hostname given in the EHLO/HELO part of the SMTP
+ exchange cannot be resolved to an IP address.</para>
+
+ <para>A fully qualified, resolvable host name is necessary
+ in this part of the SMTP dialogue before mail will be
+ accepted. If you do not have a host name that is registered
+ in the DNS, then you should use your service provider's mail
+ server to relay your mail.</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
--
keep a mild groove on
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