You probably are going to have a problem with this. What is happening is the listserv is looking up your name and comparing it to the IP address. If they don't match, and they won't unless you register your name on the internet. Your other choice is to bounce the mail off of your ISP server. david On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, salvatore wrote: > I have sendmail running on my home RH9 box, and have a question about proper > setup of hostnames. > > When trying to send email to the XFce listserv, my messages are getting > bounced because its reading the hostname of the machine (called HOME) and > saying it cannot look up that name. > Headers from a failed message: > *** > Received: from localhost (localhost) > by home (8.12.8/8.12.8) id i12GB2cL028718; > Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:11:02 -0500 > Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:11:02 -0500 > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@home> > Message-Id: <200402021611.i12GB2cL028718@home> > To: <salvatore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *** > > Failure text: > *** > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > <xfce@xxxxxxxx> > (reason: 554 <home>: Helo command rejected: Host not found) > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > ... while talking to dbguin.lunar-linux.org.: > >>> DATA > <<< 554 <home>: Helo command rejected: Host not found > 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable > <<< 554 Error: no valid recipients > *** > > Obviously the name lookup for localhost and home will fail; what needs to be > changed to allow for a proper lookup? > Thanks. > > .salvatore > http://www.sienar.org/ > http://www.palmisanonet.com/ > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
