From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 28 08:50:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C312116A4CE; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:50:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.xbsd.org (xbsd.org [82.233.2.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6660A43D48; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:50:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flz@xbsd.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ECEF11915; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:52:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.xbsd.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (srv1.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 37073-02; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:51:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.42.2] (gatecrasher.xbsd.org [192.168.42.2]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D85A11905; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:51:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4247C52B.2060509@xbsd.org> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:49:47 +0200 From: Florent Thoumie User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: fr, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Danny Pansters References: <200503280500.15465.danny@ricin.com> In-Reply-To: <200503280500.15465.danny@ricin.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at xbsd.org cc: ports@freebsd.org cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to get send-pr/porttools working when on a cable (dsl)provider link X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:50:02 -0000 Danny Pansters a écrit : > Hi all, > > Just migrated all my stuff to a new machine and having troubles sending any > mail to the freebsd lists and inparticular with send-pr. I have a cable modem > connected to my gateway which connects to a gbit switch through which the > other pcs connect. The cable provider uses dhcp. I get my IP ok and my > hostname (sent through dhclient also, otherwise logging on doesn't work) is > danny@cp464173-a.dbsch1.nb.home.nl. I have set up pf to do nat and filtering. > It's not a firewall problem. > > I'm having problems getting sendmail (from my desktp -- a client behind the > gateway) to be eligible to send mail to the freebsd servers, particularly > send-pr. > > I already set my isp's smtp as smart relay in freensd.mc and did make, but now > my FQDN hostname is not considered cosher (helo)... its desktop.homenet, a > local name. > > How do I solve this? > > (also...contrast this inconvenience with every non-subscribed spammer being > able to spam us if she has a colo set up properly...) You might want to use ssmtp. Since you're using your ISP's smtp server to send mail, there should be no problem if you don't have a FQDN hostname. -- Florent Thoumie flz@xbsd.org