[ale] Why won't IP e-mail address go through BS?

[James P. Kinney III]

You need to enable BS as an intelligent mail sender. I know it sounds
like an oxymoron, but:

# Smart host
DSsmtp.bellsouth.net
# Use this mailer to reach the Smart host
DNsmtp

This should go in /etc/sendmail.cf. What you are currently doing is
trying to directly forward/send you email. Bellsouth has put the brakes
on that to stop the spammers. By using the smtp servers of BS, you are
authenticating yourself as a BS customer. Their mail servers know your
address and should forward mail correctly.

On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 11:08, Mike Millson wrote:
> Ben,
> 
> Good thought, but I guess BS knows that trick. I got a reject with a
> "Relaying denied" error.
> 
> Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Alexander [mailto:ben at bensbox.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 9:30 AM
> To: mgm at atsga.com
> Cc: ALE
> Subject: Re: [ale] Why won't IP e-mail address go through BS?
> 
> 
> I did a reverse lookup on your ip, 216.77.224.98, and came up with
> adsl-77-224-98.atl.bellsouth.net.  So maybe you should try sending email
> to mgm at adsl-77-224-98.atl.bellsouth.net
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 17:01, Mike Millson wrote:
> > I have set up the Courier IMAP e-mail server. I have BS ADSL w/ a static
> IP,
> > but no domain name, so in order to send mail to my e-mail server, I have
> to
> > address it to my IP address (e.g. mgm at xx.xx.xx.xx). I can log into my
> Yahoo
> > account and send e-mail to my mgm at xx.xx.xx.xx address and have Courier
> > receive it no problem, but if I attempt to send it from my BS account, the
> > e-mail never gets there. I get the following reject notice back from BS:
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> > .net 007: This e-mail message was undeliverable due to the
> > following reason:
> >
> > .net 018: Each of the following recipients were rejected by a
> > destination mail system.
> >
> > Note: The reasons given by the destination mail system are included
> > to help you determine why each recipient was rejected.
> >
> > Solution:
> > Attempt to resend, or contact the recipient by alternate means to let
> > them know about the issue.
> >
> >     Recipient: <mgm@[216.77.224.98]>
> >     Reason:    Syntax error.
> > ----------------------------------------
> >
> > Anyone know what's going on here? Why can I send mail from Yahoo but not
> BS?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Mike
> >
> >
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