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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} reverse DNS problem?
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:42:39
Message-Id: 33050A26-4D33-4FB1-8633-FD2621AF7115@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] {OT} reverse DNS problem? by Grant
1 Relay through your ISP.
2
3 Using Postfix this is /etc/transports (and `postmap /etc/postfix/
4 transport` and restart Postfix)
5
6 If you have any influence at ucla.edu tell them how much their policy
7 sucks.
8
9 Stroller.
10
11
12 On 3 Sep 2009, at 21:45, Grant wrote:
13
14 > When I try to send an email to a ucla.edu email address from my hosted
15 > server, the message bounces and I'm directed to this page:
16 >
17 > http://info.smtp.ucla.edu/faq.php
18 >
19 > which says:
20 >
21 > "The gateway disallows direct connections from residential broadband
22 > systems, from other dynamically allocated IP addresses, or from hosts
23 > with "generic" reverse DNS entries (ie, a variation of A-B-C-D.isp.com
24 > for D.C.B.A)."
25 >
26 > I do get this:
27 >
28 > $ ping -c 1 mydomain.com
29 > PING mydomain.com (m.y.i.p) 56(84) bytes of data.
30 > 64 bytes from p.i.y.m.static.reverse.myhost.com (m.y.i.p): icmp_seq=1
31 > ttl=49 time=1267 ms
32 >
33 > Does anyone know how to fix this?
34 >
35 > - Grant
36 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} reverse DNS problem? Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} reverse DNS problem? Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>