From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 25 14:10:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (draco.over-yonder.net [198.78.58.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5492A37B426 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:10:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id B512AFC5; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:10:02 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:10:02 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: "Jeremy C. Reed" Cc: Chip Morton , FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: blocked mail Message-ID: <20020225161002.I47910@over-yonder.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020224193235.01935ab8@threespace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5-fullermd.1i In-Reply-To: ; from reed@reedmedia.net on Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 12:08:59PM -0800 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 12:08:59PM -0800 I heard the voice of Jeremy C. Reed, and lo! it spake thus: > > If you don't have an MX record then it tries the A record (which is the IP > for the hostname). Not if your mailer follows the RFC's strictly. > Maybe you could just use your FreeBSD box to handle your outgoing email > yourself. (Usually that is even more convenient.) If you're on a dialup, this can cause both technical and administrative problems. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message