Re: Back to Reverse DNS

You need to be able to send mail to a mail server that supports
relaying. I don't know if Verizon will allow that.

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:42:16 -0500, "Jeff Crosby"
<jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> I recently started a discussion (twice, actually) about sending email to
> our
> cellphones (xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx) from the iSeries.  I'll tell you what
> I
> have tried recently.
> 
> The iSeries is the mail server "mail.dilgardfoods.com".
> 
> We can't send email to the cellphones.  We get a response that it was
> undeliverable due to not being able to find cwemail.com.  This happens
> with
> the SNDDST command as well as from Outlook.  The outgoing mail server is
> mail.dilgardfoods.com.  It has been suggested to me this is a reverse DNS
> problem.
> 
> I called Verizon and they didn't understand how it worked at all for any
> destination in the above scenario.  They had me change Outlook to use
> outgoing.verizon.net as the outgoing mail server.  Then it works from
> Outlook.  This doesn't help the SNDDST command however.
> 
> If I do CHGSMTPA MAILROUTER('outgoing.verizon.net') FIREWALL(*YES) then I
> get a rejection from cwemail (and other places as well) that they do not
> accept relayed email.  So I did a CHGSMTPA to set things back so at least
> we
> can send email to the rest of the world.
> 
> I'm lost.  Is there some way to tell the iSeries to use something outside
> for outgoing mail without it being seen as relayed email?  It was
> suggested
> to me that I simply needed to talk to someone more knowledgeable at
> Verizon.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Crosby
> Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
> 
> The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
> company.  Unless I say so.
> 
> 
> 
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