On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 09:13:21AM -0500,
Peter Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to smtp.gospelcom.net.:
> >>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> <<< 553 sorry, envelope sender must have a valid domain name (#5.7.1)
>
> Is there a better way to avoid these kinds of errors? The named server is on
> the same machine as the qmail server, if that helps.
This looks like a problem with the antispam patch. Maybe it needs a way to
be turned off in a config file so that it can be disabled while the DNS
server is unavailable.
Another choice would be to shut down the qmail smtp daemon during this
period.