10x everybody, and to michael. As suggested i've just set my hostname in main.cf to smtp.lycos.co.uk which is a qualified host name. and i can send mail as usual. (not restricted to lycos.co.uk, it works from any email address - valid of course). by my reasoning its just petty business from the techinon, since everyone can repeat the above procedure. i.e. not adding to security at all.
p.s: if i didn't mention it, the technion server was t2. * - * - * Tzahi Fadida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Cool Site: HTTP://WWW.My2Nis.Com * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://members.lycos.co.uk/my2nis/spamwarning.html > -----Original Message----- > From: Tzafrir Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:57 AM > To: Muli Ben-Yehuda > Cc: Tzahi Fadida; Linux-IL mailing list > Subject: Re: postfix question > > > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 07:39:32AM +0200, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > > > I use postfix as my mail gateway. Recently the technion, apparently, decided > > > to close their mail system to mail gateway who have fully qualified > > > host names > > > > You mean "who do nothave...", I assume? > > > > > I have a regular adsl connection at 012. Is there a way for me to have > > > a "fully qualified" host name? i.e.: from some back resolving at my isp, > > > or dyndns, though I prefer not to start with those > > > > Yes, you need to ask your ISP for backresolving, and you need to make > > sure the mail comes from whatever your ISP backresolves you as. The > > easiest way to do this is get a static IP, a domain and then request > > your ISP to resolve your IP to that domain name > > Every ISP should have back-resolving for every address it provides. Be > that for the purpose of accountability. A satic IP is not needed for that > > > > > Another option is to tell your postifx to use your ISP's mail server > > for all outgoing mail. That should solve your Technion problems, but > > is not what you asked > > > > Recall that some mail admins have a strange habit of denying mail from > "dial-up" users. Whatever your opinion about that habit may be, it remains > a fact. I don't remember if the Technion is not one of them > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir > > > > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
