From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 24 5:22:48 2002 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 6653737B406 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2002 05:22:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A7ED43F18 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2002 05:22:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBODMX9Y001229 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2002 13:22:33 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBODMSeg001228 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 24 Dec 2002 13:22:28 GMT Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 13:22:28 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: once last try Message-ID: <20021224132228.GA1170@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions References: <20021223112336.4286.qmail@web10707.mail.yahoo.com> <20021223123554.GB690@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20021224113245.GA11761@nagual.st> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021224113245.GA11761@nagual.st> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_02_03, TO_LOCALPART_EQ_REAL,USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 12:32:45PM +0100, dick hoogendijk wrote: > > The freebsd.org MTA is somewhat anal about the properties of the other > > side of the SMTP connection. The name sent in EHLO/HELO must resolve > > to the address of the host, and its IP address must resolve to that > > name. This is a very successful anti-spam measure. It unfortunately > > also causes some collateral damage. > > Sounds fine. Aside from this thread, how can I make use of this solution > in sendmail.mc ? What options result in this kind of MTA behaviour? Check out http://www.digitalanswers.org/check_local/ for some sendmail.mc HACK()s that you may find interesting. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message