Red Hat

Hi ken,

Thanks for the blog.
I would like to know what exactly do you mean by a Valid Email Address.
Is root@localhost or root@<hostname> or root@<fqdn> a valid E-Mail Address?
If only root@fqdn works...then can i just give a dummy domainname to the standalone server?

Are my mails getting rejected by smtp-google server because of above extensions?

Thanks
HG

Who said Valid Email Address? Where?

But yes, I think both the to and from email addresses must be reachable from outside your network. Though that probably is not sufficient.

Another thing I thought of is Sender Policy Framework (SPF). For example, if you have the dig command look at the TXT record returned by these commands:

Code:

dig txt google.com
dig txt bluehost.com

Your domain may need an SPF TXT record in DNS.

But if your IP address is in a range owned by an ISP like Verizon or Comcast, I still don't think Google will ever except SMTP traffic from you unless you authenticate the connection with a username and password. That's what the SMART_HOST option and access database do.