From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 30 16:47: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from peter3.wemm.org (c1315225-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.14.150.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50AA37B420 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:47:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from overcee.netplex.com.au (overcee.wemm.org [10.0.0.3]) by peter3.wemm.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id fB10l2M91071 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:47:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: from wemm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by overcee.netplex.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95832380D; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:47:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Julian Elischer Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: who is "postmaster"? In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:47:02 -0800 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <20011201004702.95832380D@overcee.netplex.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Julian Elischer wrote: > > I've tried getting information about our (FreeBSD) mail > system by mailing to "postmaster" but no-one answers.. > > so, who IS the postmaster at the moment? > > I have the .elischer.org domain set up at Netowrk solutions > with a contact address of "julian@freebsd.org" > however whenever I try change anything in the setup it > sends an "Austhorize this" email to the registered > email address (julian@freebsd.org). However they > never turn up in my mailbox so I can't do anything > (like change the contact email address :-) to maintian > my domain. Is freebsd.org throwing away mail from > network solutions? (are they blackhole'd?) Would you believe me if I told you that Network Solutions dont know how to configure the DNS on their systems? peter@hub[4:39pm]/etc/postfix-58# host opsmail.prod.netsol.com Host not found. Anyway, I have added a "special" override to allow network solutions' misconfigured systems to send mail. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message