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Date:      Mon, 19 May 2008 23:28:39 -0400
From:      Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
To:        Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem Sending Mail With Postfix
Message-ID:  <20080520032838.GB1571@shepherd>
In-Reply-To: <D730FF163CD955A882597EE9@Macintosh.local>
References:  <1211239052.24579.1254029483@webmail.messagingengine.com> <27CE98CC-346E-4051-A745-1F47DEF0760B@mac.com> <20080520021525.GA1571@shepherd> <D730FF163CD955A882597EE9@Macintosh.local>

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* Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> [05-19-2008]:

> Macintosh:~ pauls$ telnet my.mywebsite.com 25
> Trying 209.181.247.105...
> Connected to nullmx.mywebsite.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 nullmx SMTP
> EHLO testing.mydomain.com
> 220 Hello
> quit
> 220 Buh-bye!
> Connection closed by foreign host
>
> Why "nullmx.mywebsite.com"?  Which resolves to an entirely different IP 
> address.

Perhaps the admin routes all port 25 traffic to nullmx.

> So I've got no idea why he's having this problem, unless it's because the 
> MX record doesn't point to my.mywebsite.com.

Pure conjecture, but I think in trying to avoid exposing his machine's real 
hostname, he just wrote my.mywebsite.com, which just so happens to be an 
actual hostname.  Otherwise, I am similarly perplexed.

-- 
Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>



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