On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 02:22:29PM -0500, Dan Schaefer wrote:
> One of my coworkers would like to send emails from her blackberry using the
> work mail server and her work address. Whenever she attempts to send a
> message, I get the following error messages in the mail log:
It is not an "error" message, it is a *warning*.
> Nov 4 13:28:35 pony postfix/smtpd[26853]: warning: 32.144.231.15: hostname
> mobile-032-144-231-015.mycingular.net verification failed: Name or service
> not known
> Nov 4 13:28:35 pony postfix/smtpd[26853]: connect from
> unknown[32.144.231.15]
> Nov 4 13:28:38 pony postfix/smtpd[26853]: disconnect from
> unknown[32.144.231.15]
>
> This apparently is a DNS problem:
> [r...@pony ~]# host mobile-032-144-231-015.mycingular.net
> Host mobile-032-144-231-015.mycingular.net not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>
> I was wondering if errors like this could be ignored as long as her phone
> is setup to authenticate before sending messages?
The "error" (actually "warning") is ignored, but logged, so that you
later understand why the client address is logged as unknown, and why any
restrictions that object to "unknown" clients may reject the transaction,
(if you use such restrictions).
--
Viktor.
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