Does mail to anywhere else work? Maybe rh.com is baulking at the www. as a way to filter out would-be spammers. <<JAV>> ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Paul Gillen <gillen1951@xxxxxxxxx> To: Red Hat User List <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:11:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: Mail error: reason: 550 5.0.0 You must use a valid mail server > A home-hobbyist tries to set up sendmail. (No, I'm > sticking with sendmail for now for obscure reasons of > my own, please spare us comments on alternatives.) > > Mail to redhat gets a "reason: 550 5.0.0 You must use > a valid mail server" in response: > > ------------ > The original message was received at Thu, 13 Nov 2003 > 14:25:15 -0500 > from paulgillen.riveralph.com [192.168.1.3] > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal > errors ----- > <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxx> > (reason: 550 5.0.0 You must use a valid mail > server) > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > ... while talking to mx1.redhat.com.: > >>> MAIL From:<Paul_Gillen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > <<< 550 5.0.0 You must use a valid mail server > 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable > > ------------------------- > Reporting-MTA: dns; www.riveralph.com > Received-From-MTA: DNS; paulgillen.riveralph.com > Arrival-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:25:15 -0500 > > Final-Recipient: RFC822; webmaster@xxxxxxxxxx > Action: failed > Status: 5.0.0 > Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 5.0.0 You must use a valid > mail server > Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:25:16 -0500 > > ==================================== > Presumably this is all DNS related. > > Noting: > Reporting-MTA: dns; www.riveralph.com > Received-From-MTA: DNS; paulgillen.riveralph.com > Using nslookup (I know, I know) and setting the server > to an Earthlink DNS server, for www.riveralph.com we > get: > > set type=any > > www.riveralph.com > Server: [207.69.188.185] > Address: 207.69.188.185 > > Non-authoritative answer: > www.riveralph.com internet address = > 66.47.111.74 > > riveralph.com nameserver = dns11.register.com > riveralph.com nameserver = dns12.register.com > riveralph.com nameserver = www.riveralph.com > dns11.register.com internet address = > 216.21.234.76 > dns12.register.com internet address = > 216.21.226.76 > www.riveralph.com internet address = > 66.47.111.74 > > For paulgillen.riveralph.com we get: > > > paulgillen.riveralph.com > Server: [207.69.188.185] > Address: 207.69.188.185 > > Non-authoritative answer: > paulgillen.riveralph.com internet address = > 192.168.1.3 > > riveralph.com nameserver = 207.69.188.186 > riveralph.com nameserver = ns.riveralph.com > riveralph.com nameserver = 207.69.188.185 > > > > Looking for the mail exhanger we get: > > > set type=mx > > riveralph.com > Server: [207.69.188.185] > Address: 207.69.188.185 > > Non-authoritative answer: > riveralph.com MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = > www.riveralph.com > > riveralph.com nameserver = ns.riveralph.com > riveralph.com nameserver = 207.69.188.185 > riveralph.com nameserver = 207.69.188.186 > > > > ================================ > Anyhow, both the MTAs, "www" the SMTP host and > "paulgillen" the POP3 client, appear to be valid and > resolvable. > > What am I missing? (Besides a few marbles for even > attempting this.) > > =Paul= > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ------- End of Original Message ------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
