On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:46:18 +0200 Ambrogio <fn050202@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Il giorno dom, 04/06/2006 alle 05.17 -0500, Steven P. Ulrick ha > scritto: > > Hello, Everyone > > > I ran grep hotmail /var/maillog and I found items like the > > following: > > ( <20060604042351.732d8bbd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Queued mail for delivery) > > Jun 4 04:23:54 afolkey2 sendmail[25081]: k549NsSQ025081: > > ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<ulricksteven@xxxxxxxxxxx>, > > relay=[192.168.1.1], reject=550 5.7.1 <ulricksteven@xxxxxxxxxxx>... > > Relaying denied. IP name lookup failed [192.168.1.1] > The smtp server you are using doesn't permit relay. > So you can send mail only if you are on the smtp network. > > I think you are using sendmail as smtp server so you have to check if > sender is allowed for relay (sender as IP address). > > I hope this help you > Bye > Ambrogio Hello :) You did help, because you got me to go back again to google, and there I found a thread on linuxquestions.org from 2001 that answered my question, and fixed my problem. The link is a follows: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=7164 I created a file named /etc/mail/relay-domains which has the following as it's contents: 192.168.1.1 Just got done checking for the test mails that I sent to two hotmail accounts, and my insightbb.com account. Verdict: they all arrived safely :) Thank you, and have a Great Day, Steven P. Ulrick
