Hello Ed, I thought about the problem and remove the line. What I did is added my IP address to the hosts files and off it whent. I know how I hate spam, so there is no need for it to even touch one of my servers ! :)
Thanks, Pieter De Wit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Wilts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:49 PM Subject: Re: Sendmail not auth'ing ? > On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 06:12:55AM +0200, Pieter De Wit wrote: > > > > Ok, so basicly, the moment send mail gets a connection and the to and from > > is passed, it check if that domain is alive and kicking :) Now, what will > > happen if the mail relay (me logged in) comes from a host that sendmail > > can't resolve ? Before I fixed it it said that IP name lookup failed....Will > > this still apply even if I have auth'ed ? > > By default, you'll still be rejected. To the best of my knowledge (and I'm > by no means a sendmail expert), auth is not related in any way to the dns > checks for incoming and outgoing mail. > > Sendmail relies *heavily* on a working dns. Many people complain that send- > mail is broken when their dns isn't resolving properly. Before you can really > get a functional sendmail environment, you need a functional dns. > > .../Ed <snip> _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
