On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 11:33:21PM -0400, Buddha Buck wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 09:58:49PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 01:08:17PM +1100, Timshel Knoll wrote: > > > > <<< 550 mail from ::ffff:216.250.196.10 rejected: administrative > > > > prohibition (failed to find host name from IP address) > > > > > > > > Is there any way to get this fixed?
yes. get an ISP that can do reverse DNS. YEESHHH! I'll happily bounce their mail until then. > > > > > > No. The MTA at the destination host is trying to tell you that dialup > > > trash like yourself isn't welcome on *THEIR* Internet, under the reasoning > > > that they're stopping spammers by refusing connections from machines with > > > characteristics like yours (dynamically assigned IP, perhaps, or simply no > > > reverse DNS record), and that any legitimate non-spam traffic is too > > > inconvenient to deal with. > > > > We know your opinions on the DUL, Branden, but that's not what the error > > says. > > > > It says, in plain English, "failed to find host name from IP address". > > It says in plain English, "administrative prohibition (failed to fine > host name from IP address)" > > Perhaps it's from being too geeky myself, but Branden's explanation > (the recipient of the error message is not welcome on *THEIR* Internet > under the reasoning that they're ... refusing connections from machines > with characteristics like [his] (...simply no reverse DNS record)) > sounds like a fairly direct and accurate translation of "admisitrative > prohibition (failed to find host name from IP address)". > > > --Adam > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our > liberty depends upon the chaos and cacophony of the unfettered speech > the First Amendment protects." -- A.L.A. v. U.S. Dept. of Justice > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Christopher F. Miller, Publisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] MaineStreet Communications, Inc 208 Portland Road, Gray, ME 04039 1.207.657.5078 http://www.maine.com/ Database publishing, e-commerce, office/internet integration, Debian linux. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
