Re: Freeserve problems

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From: Nick Kew
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:48

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In article <slrn98jr2s.62r.philh@comuno.freeserve.co.uk>, one of infinite monkeys
	at the keyboard of philh@comuno.freeserve.co.uk (phil hunt) hath written:
> When attempting to post email to freeserve, I often get an error message
> from sendmail:
> 
>   Running BAA06205 (sequence 1 of 2)
>   <lgrinzo@stny.rr.com>... Deferred: 
>   Name server: smtp.freeserve.net: host name lookup failure

[ NOTE - you just gave the lgrinzo address, if it's genuine, to a lot
  of spam harvesters ]

[ vague guessing waffle follows - would take too long to check ]

Have you set smtp.freeserve.net as your relay?  A quick look at my
smtproutes shows smtp.freeserve.co.uk for places outside my own
namespace.  If smtp.freeserve.net were just a CNAME, some software
might complain.

[ other thought that bears no relation to the above ]

Haven't looked recently, but didn't Freeserve once reroute port 25
forcing outgoing smtp through their relay?  If you aren't configured
to use the relay explicitly, that could lead to misleading error
messages.

-- 
Nick Kew

Is your site a lawsuit waiting to happen?
See <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/intranet/> before it's too late.

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From: nick@fenris.webthing.com (Nick Kew)
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Subject: Re: Freeserve problems
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