Re: [cobalt-developers] SMTP reverse

["Mike Atlee" <matlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you so much.  This is exactly what I needed.  Everyone have a nice
day.  Also, sorry for posting an off topic issue.  :)

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nico Meijer" <nico.meijer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] SMTP reverse


> Hi Mike,
>
> >If I reword this question, I may get a response.
>
> You should wait a couple of hours/days first. Plus, this is not a
developer
> related question. ;-)
>
> >What is happening is that
> >my RAQ4 is not a registered DNS server.
>
> It doesn't have to be.
>
> >When mail gets sent from a website
> >on the RAQ, it goes out as being from username@xxxxxxxxxxx  With username
> >being the siteadmin name, and myraq4 being the hostname.domainname
settings
> >of my server.
>
> Same happens to me. Mail from a php/cgi script that itself does not set a
> "From: " header, goes out as httpd@xxxxxxxxxxxx Of course, people reply to
> that. So I told myself to go pick up e-mail for that address and be nice
to
> 'em. ;-) End of off-topic.
>
> >When I try to send out mail to networks that use reverse DNS
> >to stop spamming, I get rejected, as the server is not a registered DNS
> >server.  Any way around this?  Thanks everyone.
>
> Yes, definitely. Get in touch with the company that does your colo and/or
> DNS. Tell them you want a reverse address on your host(s) that matches
your
> setup. Any ISP that does not set up a reverse for *every* IP in their
> network is an *sshole. Unfortunately, the world seems full of *ssholes.
End
> of rant. ;-)
>
> To check if your reverse works, get on some *nix box and type "host
> [my.ip.add.ress]".
>
> Good luck... Nico
>
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