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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone using Yahoo as Postfix relay? (Name service error for name=smtp1.mail.vip.ukl.yahoo.com type=MX: Malformed name server reply)
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:18:20
Message-Id: 3082F77D-5966-4F65-88D3-8DC1433A6B4A@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone using Yahoo as Postfix relay? (Name service error for name=smtp1.mail.vip.ukl.yahoo.com type=MX: Malformed name server reply) by Enrico Weigelt
1 On 30 Jun 2006, at 15:23, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
2 >
3 > Yeah, one server is for relaying traffic with @... *sender*, and
4 > another is for incoming traffic *to the @yahoo.com domain.
5 > They're separate, one doesn't accept the stuff for another.
6
7 Well, duh!
8
9 Excuse me for not explaining myself properly.
10 But I don't know how to explain myself better.
11
12 > Did you authenticate propery @smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk ?
13
14 I believe so. There's nothing in the logs to indicate that I haven't,
15 and the user:pass in /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd is correct,
16
17 >> I don't see why postfix is looking up the MX record for it,
18 >> either. :(
19 >
20 > Maybe he's paranoid ?
21
22 Uh, but this seems to be postfix on MY box (compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org)
23
24 >>> BTW: if you don't get it fixed, you may get an UUCP account for
25 >>> relay at my site.
26 >>
27 >> I think this would only satisfy mg1.uky.edu if you yourself relayed
28 >> anything to its domain via Yahoo. And for that you would require an
29 >> SMTP account with Yahoo.
30 >
31 > My relays push the mails to the MX'es defined in the domains.
32 > Maybe I missed the point, but I don't see why this shouldn't work.
33
34 My box normally pushes to the MX defined for the domain, too, but
35 mg1.uky.edu will reject SMTP deliveries for any message with a From:
36 address where the domain doesn't match the sending machine. As I have
37 already explained.
38
39 Stroller.
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