[nzlug] Domain of sender address does not exist?

[Steve Holdoway]

No, it's from 127.0.0.1, not the ISP.

You could add

FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains') dnl

to sendmail.mc, recreate sendmail.cf and restart sendmail. That should work.

Steve

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:31:40 +1200
Scott Newton <scott.newton at integralgroup.co.nz> wrote:

> On Friday 21 September 2007 11:52, Johann Schoonees wrote:
> > Then something changed and now instead root gets the message.  Extract
> > from /var/spool/mail/root (I changed some domain details):
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > ...
> > The original message was received at Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:01:02 +1200
> > from localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]
> >
> >     ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> > <j.family at irl.cri.nz>
> >      (reason: 553 5.1.8 <root at motutoto.family.home>... Domain of
> > sender address root at motutoto.family.home does not exist)
> >
> >     ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> >
> > .. while talking to mx2.irl.cri.nz.:
> >  >>> MAIL From:<root at motutoto.family.home>
> >
> > <<< 553 5.1.8 <root at motutoto.family.home>... Domain of sender
> > address root at motutoto.family.home does not exist
>
> Your ISP has switched on checked that the domain from which the mail comes is
> in fact valid (helps reduce the amount of spam).
>
> If I do
> $ host motutoto.family.home
> I get
> Host motutoto.family.home not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>
> You need to change your mail setup so that it sends the mail from, probably
> the best,  j.schoonees at irl.cri.nz.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Scott Newton | Technical Analyst | Integral Technology Group Ltd
> 3rd Floor, 60 Khyber Pass Road, P.O. Box 2288, Auckland
> Phone 09 302 3760 | Fax 09 302 3784 | www.integralgroup.co.nz
>
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