Mail list problems.

[Bill Moran]

Minnesota Slinky <mnslinky at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> When I try to send messages to the list via my own
> mail server, I'm getting the following error (in
> /var/log/maillog):
> 
> Jun 28 22:12:29 grog sm-mta[875]: i5SNlvwn000340:
> to=<freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>,
> ctladdr=<ecrist at secure-computing.net> (1000/1000),
> delay=03:24:31, xdelay=00:00:12, mailer=esmtp,
> pri=661624, relay=mx1.freebsd.org. [216.136.204.125],
> dsn=4.2.0, stat=Deferred: 450 Client host rejected:
> cannot find your hostname, [63.228.14.246]
> Jun 28 22:12:39 grog sm-mta[875]: i5S2hWL9000274:
> to=<questions at freebsd.org>,
> ctladdr=<ecrist at secure-computing.net> (1000/1000),
> delay=1+00:28:56, xdelay=00:00:05, mailer=esmtp,
> pri=4891262, relay=mx1.freebsd.org. [216.136.204.125],
> dsn=4.2.0, stat=Deferred: 450 Client host rejected:
> cannot find your hostname, [63.228.14.246]
> Jun 28 22:42:23 grog sm-mta[933]: i5SNlvwn000340:
> to=<freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>,
> ctladdr=<ecrist at secure-computing.net> (1000/1000),
> delay=03:54:25, xdelay=00:00:06, mailer=esmtp,
> pri=751624, relay=mx1.freebsd.org. [216.136.204.125],
> dsn=4.2.0, stat=Deferred: 450 Client host rejected:
> cannot find your hostname, [63.228.14.246]
> Jun 28 22:42:34 grog sm-mta[933]: i5S2hWL9000274:
> to=<questions at freebsd.org>,
> ctladdr=<ecrist at secure-computing.net> (1000/1000),
> delay=1+00:58:51, xdelay=00:00:06, mailer=esmtp,
> pri=4981262, relay=mx1.freebsd.org. [216.136.204.125],
> dsn=4.2.0, stat=Deferred: 450 Client host rejected:
> cannot find your hostname, [63.228.14.246]
> 
> Anyone have any ideas what I need to fix?  Reverse DNS
> lookup of IPs is provided by my upstream provider, in
> this case Qwest.  That IP should resolve as
> front-door.secure-computing.net.

Yes, but front-door.secure-computing.net doesn't resolve
to anything.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com