Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-21 Thread Eric Shubes
Michael Handiboe wrote: Eric Shubes wrote: welcome back, Shubes ... some of us noticed you were gone. --mh Thanks, Michael. Great to be back with you nice folks. -- -Eric 'shubes' - QmailToaster hosted by: VR

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-16 Thread Ben Mills
Filtering on missing rDNS and rDNS that doesn't resolve to the hostname is one of the few spam-fighting tools available. Spamassassin and blacklists such as Spamhaus's bundled xbl help to some extent, but their abilities are limited. Several years ago, AOL started filtering rDNS. If it didn't

RE: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-16 Thread Phil Leinhauser
- From: Eric \Shubes\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:49:42 -0500 To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself Cameron wrote: Could the strange hostname be causing the problem or is the PTR record? I think the PTR record

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-16 Thread PakOgah
Phil Leinhauser wrote: I've learned the very valuable lesson that it's much better to let a few spam slip through then to mistakenly kill 1 legitimate message. Phil I'm agreed with you sorry, just sharing my experience and feeling about qmailtoaster. when I chosed qmailtoaster it's

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-16 Thread Phil Leinhauser
-Original message- From: PakOgah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:12:07 -0500 To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself Phil Leinhauser wrote: I've learned the very valuable lesson that it's much better to let a few spam

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-16 Thread Dan McAllister
] To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself Cameron: If you are using SpamDyke, or another anti-spam, you may need to create a PTR record for your DNS: that is, make the Internet (Public) IP Address of your

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-15 Thread Cameron
: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself Hi Cameron, me too, I cannot find an MX for bstastjohns.com Maybe you missed s.th. when setting up the MX? bye Andreas Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 07:57 schrieb Cameron: I just set up qmail-toaster on CentOS5, Core2 duo, 1 Gig ram machine with a clean

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-15 Thread Phil Leinhauser
something about an MX or Mail Exchanger record. Phil -Original message- From: Cameron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:26:13 -0500 To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself Well I'm registered at Register.com

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-15 Thread Cameron
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself I see your DNS is at register.com. You have an A record for your web site and that is working fine. Now you need to setup the MX record

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-15 Thread Jake Vickers
Cameron wrote: I've done that...about 6 days ago. I set it up to point to mail.bstastjohns.com and of course changed the A record for mail.bstastjohns.com to the current IP. Do I need to set up TXT records or add a PTR or is that more than I need? Here is what is showing

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-15 Thread Dan McAllister
Message - From: Phil Leinhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself I see your DNS is at register.com. You have an A record for your web site and that is working fine. Now

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-15 Thread Cameron
15, 2008 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself Cameron: If you are using SpamDyke, or another anti-spam, you may need to create a PTR record for your DNS: that is, make the Internet (Public) IP Address of your server reverse-resolve to something like

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-15 Thread Eric Shubes
Cameron wrote: Could the strange hostname be causing the problem or is the PTR record? I think the PTR record is causing the problem. I'd get rid of it. a) I don't believe that you need a ptr record b) MX records *must* point to type A records, *not* PTR records. I'm not familiar with

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-15 Thread Phil Leinhauser
message- From: Eric \Shubes\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:49:42 -0500 To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself Cameron wrote: Could the strange hostname be causing the problem or is the PTR record? I think the PTR

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-15 Thread Sam Clippinger
\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:49:42 -0500 To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself Cameron wrote: Could the strange hostname be causing the problem or is the PTR record? I think the PTR record is causing the problem. I'd get

[qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-14 Thread Cameron
I just set up qmail-toaster on CentOS5, Core2 duo, 1 Gig ram machine with a clean install. Everything looks fine now, but when I try to send a test message to myself using the Squirrelmail interface, I get a 511 sorry, can't find a valid MX for sender domain error. I'm using a domain I own

Re: [qmailtoaster] can't send test message to myself

2008-01-14 Thread Andreas Galatis
Hi Cameron, me too, I cannot find an MX for bstastjohns.com Maybe you missed s.th. when setting up the MX? bye Andreas Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2008 07:57 schrieb Cameron: I just set up qmail-toaster on CentOS5, Core2 duo, 1 Gig ram machine with a clean install. Everything looks fine now, but