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Date:      Sun, 2 Dec 2001 11:47:01 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Notwork solutions (was: who is "postmaster"?)
Message-ID:  <20011202114701.A61248@monorchid.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112010120480.28977-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
References:  <20011201004702.95832380D@overcee.netplex.com.au> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112010120480.28977-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>

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On Saturday,  1 December 2001 at  1:21:04 -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Peter Wemm wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> thanks.. That's quite amazing..

Yup.  I had that problem too.  I didn't hack to let them send email,
but as a customer I did complain vociferously.  Then I moved to Gandi.

It really makes you wonder what kind of cowboys are running the
Internet nowadays.

Greg
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