Hi Chris, > -----Original Message----- > From: blueonyx-boun...@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx- > boun...@mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 5:02 PM > To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List > Subject: [BlueOnyx:17424] Re: Relay email problem > > Hi Tobias, > > On 4/14/2015 9:40 AM, Tobias Gablunsky wrote: > >> If it's simply a matter of using an email client that resides on a > >> dynamic IP to relay through your server which is properly on a static > IP > >> address, then it may simply be a matter of enabling SMTP authentication > >> on your email client. > > > > The client uses a software which is not able to authenticate via > user/pw. But this should be no big deal - at least regarding to the gui: > there you are allowed to enter hostnames. In my case I entered the > hostname of my client which is a "dyndns" one. > > > > And there the problems begin I described before: address is resolved > correctly (at least when I do it manually on the machine) but relaying is > denied :-/ > > Ah, yes. Unfortunately I think this is a matter of the configuration > of the allow relay from. My thought is you will need to use the IP > address instead of a hostname. > > The reason for this is because the relay box is putting in the hostname, > and that's fine, but it's not going to do a lookup for the A record. I > realize that is somewhat confusing per the GUI. We may want to get some > clarification from Michael Stauber on this functionality. It's > possible that it does not work exactly as one may expect. > > Again, when dealing with dynamic DNS, that can tend to be a tricky > proposition when it comes to email. > > Therefore, I recommend you try placing the IP address in the allow relay > field and see if that fixes the trouble. If it does, then that will at > least tell you if it is a server problem, or an issue surrounding the > DNS of the dynamic IP. >
yes, it's working when I add the ip address. So this means just the description in the GUI is wrong? This is a pity because then I am at my primary problem again. But Michael: please clarify the description that it is clear that a hostname is only allowed if it is a static one. Thank you! Tobias > -- > Chris Gebhardt > VIRTBIZ Internet Services > Access, Web Hosting, Colocation, Dedicated > www.virtbiz.com | toll-free (866) 4 VIRTBIZ > _______________________________________________ > Blueonyx mailing list > Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it > http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx _______________________________________________ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx