From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com ([65.9.87.151] helo=localhost) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15PJyD-0003tK-00 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 04:24:41 -0400 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com (c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com [65.9.87.151]) by localhost (8.10.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f6P8Onx14109 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:24:49 GMT Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 04:24:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Carmickle X-Sender: frankiec@localhost To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Fetchmail/Sendmail problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: frankiec@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Mike First thing that should be fixed is you getting a reasonable nameserver. This should clear up the problems. You really don't want to change much in the way of sendmail configuration because you don't want to open yourself up as a relay for spam. On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Mike keithley wrote: > This is probably off topic but the problem occurs getting mail from this > list so I thought I'd ask the experts. > > I use fetchmail to get mail from shellworld.net (my ISP). Fetchmail > negotiates with sendmail to get mail into my local mailbox. Sendmail seems to > want to verify that the sender domain is valid and checks a route. > the intermittent problem is this: -- Frank Carmickle phone: 412 761-9568 email: frankiec@dryrose.com