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Re: rejected mail DNS unresolved



On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 04:53:11PM +0930, Luke (Terry) Vanderfluit wrote:
: 
: I'm trying to send to this server here:
: but because I'm sending from a dialup box, the server can't resolve my
: domain name. 
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
: ... while talking to mx0.gmx.de.:
: >>> MAIL From:<luke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: <<< 550 5.1.8 {mx055} Cannot resolve your domain
: 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: 
: I've suppressed the from field in .muttrc with 'unset use_from'
: and added a 'my_hdr From: luke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
: but somehow the server still doesn't want to receive my mail.
: I've tried sending from some webmail addresses to myself to inspect the
: headers and not really found an answer,
: 
: How would I suppress that info? Obviously the server admin at gmx.de
: have a security measure in place that they don't want to change.

Your mail relay could be checking the envelope of the message.
In which case, Mutt still comes through:

        set envelope_from=yes

- Eugene