Urm, you know all that sounds like rubbish to me as if he is trying to
fob you off with some gobbledigook so as to get rid of you.
Regards,
Soyeb
> This is the message I wrote to Earthlink Tech support, followed by thier
> reply. His analogy sounds fishy to me, but whatever. I have already
> figured out how I can allow DNS lookup and still use SMTP without errors
> returned. <shrug>
>
> (the part about firewalls sounds totally bogus to me)
>
> --Original Message--
>
> Could you guys do me a favor and explain why I have to manually configure
> DNS servers as opposed to allowing them to be looked up?
>
> Everything seems to work on systems where I allow the server to provide DNS
> entries, with the exception of SMTP services. There I get "relaying
> denied". Why would the SMTP server care about the DNS servers that I use?
> Or, is my local POP providing an incorrect hostname when reverse DNS
> lookup is used?
>
> I would think that since my username is prefixed, that the POP could
> provide a correct hostname regardless of the DNS. Or is that just not
> possible?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> *** Forwarded message, originally written by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on
> 16-Aug-00 ***
>
> Dear Earthlink Member,
>
> Thank You for contacting Earthlink's Email Support!
>
> The reason we specify the domain numbers instead of letting the server
> assign them, and the prefix is just for authentication, is that we cover
> several platforms and software programs.
>
> It is kind of like driving a car over long distance, you could specify the
> route or you could have a general idea, by specifying you will shorten
> your travel time tremendously.
>
> Yes you do have to name the mail servers either by name or number, and if
> you use the wrong DNS numbers and you have an issue of getting mail, then
> more than likely those numbers are behind a firewall somewhere.
>
> *** End of forwarded message ***
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