> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 03:21:16PM +0200, 'the other machine' wrote: >> Hello! >> >> Running OpenBSD 4.5 on a vm I receive the error 'administrative >> prohibition' when passing smtp traffic from another machine through >> pf. >> >> This only occurs with one provider but it does not occur with that >> same provider if emails are not passed through pf but instead sent >> directly. >> >> So, obviously pf changes something somewhere which keeps the emails >> from getting accepted by the server. The rule specified for my >> outgoing smtp traffic is as follows: >> >> pass out on $ext_if proto tcp from any to any port smtp >> >> Does anyone know what I have to do in order to get my email traffic to >> this service provider unhindered?
> A random guess: the receiving machine doesn't like your (lack of) > reverse DNS when the request is passed through the firewall. > Joachim Hello Joachim, thank You for Your reply. How do I provide my virtual machine with a proper reverse DNS. I've tried everything I could think of but to no avail. I'm a newbie btw. So, maybe, I'm missing something here. :-) Ideas are welcome! Thanks, T.O.
