Sendmail...

[Eric Eisenhart]

On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:34:43AM -0700, Christopher Wagner wrote:
> I'm getting this message with sendmail, but the person trying to connect is
> legit..  How can I configure it so he may send mail?  Do I need to
> authenticate him for outgoing mail or something?
> 
> --
> NOQUEUE: leg-66-247-88-195-STK.sprinthome.com [66.247.88.195] did not issue
> MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA
> g57NfwA08403: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<blah at aol.com>,
> relay=eli-208-186-244-105.ev1.net [208.186.244.105] (may be forged),
> reject=550 5.7.1 <blah at aol.com>... Relaying denied. IP name possibly forged
> [208.186.244.105]
> --
> 
> - Christopher Wagner
> chrisw at pacaids.com
> 
> Packaging Aids Corporation - Information Systems
> P.O. Box 9144
> San Rafael, CA 94912-9144
> http://www.pacaids.com/
> (415) 454-4868 x116

You've got an entry in /etc/mail/access something like:
"eli-208-186-244-105.ev1.net RELAY"?

Try putting in "208.186.244.105 RELAY" instead.  (Then it shouldn't need to
check the DNS)
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