[H-GEN] Access denied

Robert Brockway robert at timetraveller.org
Fri May 10 11:03:01 EDT 2002


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On Fri, 10 May 2002, Paul Cornford wrote:

> "An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 5.5.5 
> Access denied. Please verify that your email address is correct in your 
> Mail preferences and try again.".

>From RFC1651: SMTP service extensions:   

6.1.  Error responses

   If the server SMTP does not recognize or cannot implement one or more
   of the parameters associated with a particular MAIL FROM or RCPT TO
   command, it will return code 555.
 
> This has occurred without any alteration to my account settings which are 
> still fine. I have no difficulty in receiving messages. When sending I 
> get in maillog the following: 
> 
> "sendmail[4016]: g4CZi104016: tcpwrappers 
> (localhost.local.localdomain.127.0.0.1) rejection."

I could see how this would be a problem in the MAIL FROM or RCPT TO :)

Can you come along to this Humbug?  Might be worth getting some "hands on"
assistance with setting up the hostname, MTA, etc.
Cheers,
	-Rob

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