Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:31:26 -0600 From: RikScarborough <RikSca@kc.rr.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours Message-ID: <20020205023125.GA629@gruffy.kc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <019f01c1adcf$8df58d40$1d841bd8@kibserv.org> References: <019f01c1adcf$8df58d40$1d841bd8@kibserv.org>
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You need to modify the configuration for sendmail so that it does not label all the mail you sent as being from your machine, which does not have a dns entry on the net. Take a look at the /etc/mail directory. Read through the comments on freebsd.mc and /usr/share/sendmail/cf/README. I've tried using the nullclient feature. This is the best way to setup Sendmail to send everything to the ISP's server, however it sends everything (so if cron sends a message to root, it sends it to the root on the ISP's server). I'm still in the process of getting it to work for me. You did not say what email client you are using. Can it access a remote SMTP server? (I'm using Mutt, which cannot use a remote SMTP server). ~Rik * Jason Cribbins (jasonc@concentric.net) [020204 18:28]: > Actually I am on a DSL in both cases. Just my current provider does not > offer email services....that's why I get the line so cheap. My other DSL > line is in another address and is provided by speakeasy.net and that's the > one I can send email through but that connection is 50 miles from where the > first location. > > My email address at concentric.net is from an old dialup account that I pay > monthly for just to keep the address. I haven't actually dialed in or used > their SMTP in over 4 years. > > If I can get my sendmail to start handling things I can dump all other email > addresses for one on my own domain name. That's my ultimate goal. Email > for my and my organization controlled and administered locally. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Hovey" <shovey@buffnet.net> > To: "Jason Cribbins" <jasonc@concentric.net> > Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 5:13 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours > > > > > > Its because you are directly emailing from a dialup ip or something with > > no reverse dns - where before you sent thru your isp's smtp host. > > > > On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Jason Cribbins wrote: > > > > > Can anyone help me with this? Ever since I started using sendmail > instead > > > of Outlook Express I have been getting this on any message sent to > FreeBSD > > > List. I have not seen any errors while sending to any other address > yet. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mail Delivery Subsystem" <MAILER-DAEMON@mail.kibserv.org> > > > To: <jasonc@concentric.net> > > > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 5:00 AM > > > Subject: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************** > > > > ** THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY ** > > > > ** YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE ** > > > > ********************************************** > > > > > > > > The original message was received at Mon, 4 Feb 2002 05:54:30 GMT > > > > from dyn-29.kibserv.org [216.27.132.29] (may be forged) > > > > > > > > ----- The following addresses had transient non-fatal errors ----- > > > > <questions@freebsd.org> > > > > > > > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > > > > ... while talking to hub.freebsd.org.: > > > > >>> RCPT To:<questions@freebsd.org> > > > > <<< 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, > [216.27.132.20] > > > > <questions@freebsd.org>... Deferred: 450 Client host rejected: cannot > find > > > > your hostname, [216.27.132.20] > > > > Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours > > > > Will keep trying until message is 5 days old > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Ranger Rik -- RikSca@mac.com Joshua 24:15 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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