RE: Back to Reverse DNS

[CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Jeff,

We send mail to Verizon phones by using xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx

The Verizon web site doesn't mention cwemail.com...where did that come from?

Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Crosby [mailto:jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:42 AM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: Back to Reverse DNS
> 
> 
> 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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