This problem sound like a reverse name lookup is failing. Some how you need to set up a reverse DNS to reverse resolve the IP address.
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, George Vieira wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong but that'll make that server spammable.. be very > careful on how you use that.. > > If your using 8.12 (that's what I'm using, not sure of older ones), you can > probably use the access.db option of: > > Connect:10.0.0.10 RELAY > > not sure if it'll work but I think it will.. just try it I guess.. > > too early in the morning to answer some on these.. > > thanks, > George Vieira > Systems Manager > Citadel Computer Systems P/L > http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2002 9:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Dennis M. Gray > Subject: Re: [SLUG] sendmail configuration > > > * This one time, at band camp, Dennis M. Gray said: > > Dear Sluggers, > > > > I want to allow a certain network to be able to use my sendmail server to > > relay mail to local addresses. I have added the network to the access > > (access.db) but get a message to the effect that relaying is denied > > because the IP address lookup failed. > > > > Can anyone suggest a remedy? > > > > Add > FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl > > to your sendmail.mc (please tell me you're using m4 to configure it). > > That will allow hosts which do not resolve to deliver to the server. I'd > recommend that you consider, if possible, fixing DNS. > > HTH > > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "We are either doing something, or we are not. 'Talking about' is a subset of 'not'." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
