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Re: "cannot find your hostname", but DNS lookups are fine

From: Ben Finney (benbenfinney.id.au)
Date: Wed Oct 12 2005 - 03:47:06 CDT


On 12-Oct-2005, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> * Ben Finney <benbenfinney.id.au>:
>
> > Oct 12 14:37:37 protea postfix/smtpd[32733]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[150.101.164.6]: 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, [150.101.164.6]; from=<squawkcorax.com.au> to=<benbenfinney.id.au> proto=ESMTP helo=<nest.corax.com.au>
>
> mail:~# host 150.101.164.6
> Name: eth164-6.vic.adsl.internode.on.net
> Address: 150.101.164.6
>
> mail:~# host eth164-6.vic.adsl.internode.on.net
> eth164-6.vic.adsl.internode.on.net does not exist (Authoritative answer)

Thanks.

If the hostname lookup succeeds, what results will satisfy the
reject_unknown_hostname restriction? If multiple A records exist with
different addresses, will the check pass?

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Ben Finney <benbenfinney.id.au>

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