-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Paul has addressed your main question. I just want to add that you may > have problems trying to run Mailman from a server with a dynamic IP. > Earthlink.net for one will not accept your mail. The same is true for > some smaller ISPs. They don't like IPs with a 'generic' rDNS. > > Depending on exactly which ISPs are used by your list members, you may > not be able to send mail to all of them unless you have a fixed IP, > and rDNS for the IP that points back to your domain. > > I had the same issue with sending mail directly from my home > network. I > already had a static IP, but it had a generic name. I had to register > my own domain and get the ISP to set rDNS for my IP to point to my > domain. Which ISP do you use? I have a static IP from my cable company but they refuse to give me an rDNS entry. In every other way, I really like them, but I do get bounces occasionally from people's (IMHO) misconfigured MTAs who don't accept mail from cable rDNSs. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRe7kg3EjvBPtnXfVAQJaCwP/fIMYLx+q2gR2kfx0om3bonPQy+k5tx6p 0Mzth5+RL8gLuBm4ckB7XG1AvBQQsk8KbruD6tPR9Tz0E891QtTIrY4/wEC/m3ck ZshZZqwigAchUDXB3l5KVvE7W1MU2FXQMIrkXfIHMWR3i8rJdHYF6WfMRbq9xti/ NmmYmZUVm90= =2MJA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
