Re: [cobalt-users] Email Problems

[SM <nntp@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 16:55 20-03-2001 -0500, you wrote:
>my provider to take a look at the server. The problem is very simple, mail
>sent to the server (gheek.com) is being rejected. If I send an email from a
>domain local to the machine I can get it received, but as soon as I send it
>from a remote server it is rejected. Can it be a DNS or even a Name Server
>problem?
>
>The follow are two responses from returned mail:
>   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
><cmg@gheek(no_spam).com>
>    (reason: 451 4.1.8 <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Domain of sender
>address brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx does not resolve)

Remove the _no_spam_mail.  Your server is configured to reject mail if the
server part of the email address cannot be resolved.  You are using
"cmg@gheek(no_spam).com" which makes the email address invalid.

This is not a DNS related problem.  It is your anti-spam measure which are
backfiring. :)