[header-thread-discontinuity, because I'm copying from the archives] > On Dec 29, 2007, at 4:24 PM, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > >> I was going to log into newspark, but my ssh fails > > The newspark VM is currently down... only dom0 and oldspark are up. > >> I was wondering if someone with access can get to sparky and send an >> email to >> jgsack at san.rr.com >> and watch for any error from the MTA (I get confused, is MTA the right >> agent, in this context?). > > Done. It's a rDNS problem: > > Dec 29 16:39:20 sparkplug postfix/smtp[19242]: 09664986AD: host cdptpa- > smtpin01.mail.rr.com[75.180.132.243] refused to talk to me: 554-cdptpa- > mxlb.mail.rr.com 554 #5.5.4 Relaying denied. IP name lookup failed for > 63.98.246.161 > Dec 29 16:39:20 sparkplug postfix/smtp[19242]: 09664986AD: to=<jgsack at > san.rr.com > >, relay=cdptpa-smtpin02.mail.rr.com[75.180.132.244], delay=0, > status=deferred (host cdptpa-smtpin02.mail.rr.com[75.180.132.244] > refused to talk to me: 554-cdptpa-mxlb.mail.rr.com 554 #5.5.4 Relaying > denied. IP name lookup failed for 63.98.246.161) > > I've sent an email to support to get the reverse DNS for the new > Sparky IP set up. As soon as it's done, you should start getting > email again.
So it looks like we[you] are going through an unnecessary step just because RoadRunner is violating rfc2821 (if I understand jhriv's explanation)? Should I complain to RR? If so, any explicit suggestions or should I just replay the quote that jhriv made about "MUST NOT"? Thanks, ..jim (please cc me for any list-posted reply) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
