No, that was not my comment (I just stated my ignorance in that
regard). What I said is that the error
> > 4611 processing "accept"
>> 4611 check hosts = +relay_from_hosts
>> 4611 gethostbyname returned 3 (NO_RECOVERY)
> > 4611 host not found
indicated that a name was not resolved (I was not so detailed, but
this was all implied), so i suspected that the list was not composed
by IP addresses only.
This is my reply then:
At 9:56 +0000 2003/02/17, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote: >Even if that is possible (that I do not know), have you got in
>/etc/relayhosts *only* IP addresses or also names? 'cause the error
>you reported looks like it failed to resolve an IP address from a
>name.
Please, if others are prepared to spend their time to help, you
should perhaps spend some time to understand and reply to their
suggestions.
Giuliano
At 23:57 +0100 2003/02/25, Andreas Gietl wrote: >On Tuesday 25 February 2003 23:55, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:
>> Excuse me!? I suggested, and Philip supported the conjecture, that
>> the problem might be a hostname rather than an address in your
>> relay_from_hosts, but I do not recollect any feedback from you. Could
>> you please answer that question, positively or negatively, and also,
>> please, edit a bit your followups...
>
>mr hazel answered your comment. He stated that a file might be included
>directly and that every line in the file would become an object in the list.
>So no lsearch would be needed
>
>>
>> Thank you
>>
> > Giuliano
