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[John O'Farrell]

Re: "Interesting that it only seems to be hub.freebsd.org that's so
picky".

Anti-spamming measures mean that this will become more common. I had
postfix set not to allow mail from any address that it can't reverse
lookup using the DNS. 

# we want the domain to exists
#smtpd_helo_restrictions = reject_unknown_hostname

I had to turn it off as many mail clients like Eudora include the local
machine name in the from address. It sounds like hub.freebsd.org still
have it turned on. Once mail clients catch up, I look forward to turning
it back on.

John


Neil Ford wrote:
> 
snip
> > >
> > > Now my config (FreeBSD 3.2/Postfix) works for everything else, so I'd be very
> > > surprised if it's something my end.  So it looks like hub.freebsd.org is being
> > > touchy.  Anyone care to comment.
> >
> > You need to configure Postfix so that it says HELO binky.demon.co.uk,
> > without the "vimes" part.
> >
> > binky.demon.co.uk is in the DNS, vimes.binky.demon.co.uk isn't.
> >
> > I'm more of a sendmail man myself, so can't tell you how to do that.
> >
> I'll have to do some digging.  Interesting that it only seems to be
> hub.freebsd.org that's so picky.  But then, that's no reason not to fox it.
> 
> > Speaking of Linux Expo, I'll be there from about 9.30 (which is why I'm up
> > at this God forsaken hour).  Anyone else who plans on being there who wants
> > to meet up, give me a shout on 0973 840 839.
> >
> That's now in my phone.  I can be reached on 07971 988752 should people
> feel so inclined.
> 
> Neil.
> 
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