> the local one. i read the documentation and accordingly removed
> the rcpthosts file. that was it...
Congratulations,
You just opened up the mailserver for Spam-attacks ;)
Use tcpserver and RELAYCLIENT="" instead.
> > Connected to 206.31.56.7 but sender was rejected.
> > Remote host said: 501 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Sender domain must exist
The bounce message bounce because the mailserver does a check against sender domain.
If this fails, it denies the request. Here the domain exists, but it might not exist
for the DNS that the mailserver queries (bad config?).
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----- Original Message -----
From: dd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: Urgent Please
>
> > I have just setup qmail for my ISP server, I have got my DNS and MX
> > everything setup properly. But most of my clients are getting bounced
> > message when they send to other addresses around the world.
> >
> > This is the content of the bounced message,
> >
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Connected to 206.31.56.7 but sender was rejected.
> > Remote host said: 501 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Sender domain must exist
>
> had a similar prob. our machine kept saying that the domain name was not
> in the rcpthosts file when users tried to send mails to a host other than
> the local one. i read the documentation and accordingly removed
> the rcpthosts file. that was it...
> sorry if i misunderstood you and sent a crap answer here...
>
> dd
>
>
>
