Re: [Syllable-kernel] ping..

[Jake H. <jh...@po...>]

Daniel Gryniewicz wrote:
> 
> My mail server may be flaky (although I hope not, and I was getting mail
> constantly during the time period...), but the error I got from
> sourceforge was definitely their fault:
> 
> <syl...@li...>:
> 66.35.250.206 does not like recipient.
> Remote host said: 550 Administrative prohibition
> Giving up on 66.35.250.206.
> 
> 550 is unknown recipient, so it was refusing mail *destined* to
> syllable-kernel, not *from* my mail server.  Unless, I suppose, they
> lied about the error.  I'm fairly new to this whole mail server thing,
> so I suppose I could have messed something up on my end.

If you're running your SMTP server from a cable modem or DSL connection, 
then it's possible that sourceforge was blocking your entire IP subnet 
for anti-spam purposes.  I remember the freebsd.org server was 
particularly rude about blocking me from sending mail using my own SMTP 
server.  But since it's working now for you, who knows?

I've been meaning to switch over the server I use for mail from sendmail 
and uw-imap to postfix and courier imap, but haven't gotten around to it 
yet.  If you're just starting out, I would only suggest to avoid 
sendmail because it is a maintenance nightmare!!  Also, while all of the 
other mail servers support the more efficient Maildir format, sendmail 
is still putting mail into one big file per user.  I found an 
interesting sourceforge page describing a complete e-mail solution based 
on open source that recommended postfix and Courier-IMAP, especially if 
you are using procmail (which is pretty nice once you understand how to 
set up the .procmailrc).  Spamassassin is also a must-have and works 
well with procmail.

http://jamm.sourceforge.net/howto/html/architecture.html

-Jake