> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 7 02:45:04 2002 > Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 08:37:17 +0100 > From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ray Kohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: sendmail without (real) hostname? > > Ray Kohler wrote: > > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > >> On 2002-11-06 20:47, Ray Kohler wrote: > >> > >> Funny. All ISPs that have a tiny sort of sense and respect for their > >> users that have dynamically allocated IP addresses will usually > >> provide at least one mail relay. If not for any other reason, to let > >> them send email to servers that refuse all messages from hosts whose > >> forward and reverse DNS lookups fail (a lot of the servers use this as > >> a form of antispam measure). > > > > > > > > It's a `no servers allowed' ISP. > > > > - @ > > > > And if you wanted to send mail from a regular mailclient, like > Outlook Express, would they allow that? > If they do, they must still provide you with a server that relays > your email. > > -- > R > > > >
Outlook sets the `from:' part of the envelope to something valid, whereas sendmail (before this fix) was honest about it and was denied at that point. - @ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
