Update the list of reasons why mail to FreeBSD.org may be rejected.

Inspired by: 	spamfest on -questions
Approved by:	murray
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Ceri Davies 2002-04-10 09:18:52 +00:00
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</question>
<answer>
<para>The FreeBSD.org mail system rejects mail that is
<para>The FreeBSD.org mail system implements some of the
stricter Postfix checks on incoming mail and rejects mail that is
either misconfigured or is potential spam. Your mail
might bounce for one of the following reasons:</para>
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option. In this case, relay your email through your
service provider's mail server.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The hostname given in the EHLO/HELO part of the SMTP
exchange cannot be resolved to an IP address.</para>
<para>A fully qualified, resolvable host name is necessary
in this part of the SMTP dialogue before mail will be
accepted. If you do not have a host name that is registered
in the DNS, then you should use your service provider's mail
server to relay your mail.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Your message had a message ID ending with the string
<quote>localhost</quote>.</para>
<para>Some mail user agents generate bad message IDs which will
not be accepted. You will need to persuade your mail user
agent to generate a valid message ID or else configure your
mail transfer agent to rewrite them.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>