Srot BULL wrote:
[ ... ]
If I am wrong, then can anyone...give me a simple explanation (simple
please - I know that I am asking too much, but I can assure you that I
have already bookmarked the sendmail Website and sendmail batbook is
already in my list of books that I am planning to purchase...not yet
though)

The simple answer is that the name your machine claims to be isn't registered in the DNS, which is normal for dynamic connections. You should either relay all email to the mailserver your ISP should have available, or you should configure your MTA to masquerade as a valid domain.


The former is likely to better in terms of passing spam-sensitive mailers.

[ ... ]
<<< 450 <r40e.point.ne.jp>: Helo command rejected: Host not found
<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>... Deferred: 450 <r40e.point.ne.jp>:
Helo command rejected: Host not found
<<< 554 Error: no valid recipients
Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
Will keep trying until message is 5 days old

Yes, see the NXDOMAIN response ("no such domain"):

28-cube% dig r40e.point.ne.jp.
; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> r40e.point.ne.jp.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 59233
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
[ ... ]

--
-Chuck
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