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From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net>
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Subject: RFC: Change to "why does my mail to FreeBSD.org bounce" FAQ
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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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