MailScanner maillog error

Joe Quinn joe at QITC.CO.UK
Fri Mar 7 14:23:38 GMT 2003


This is a common entry in the Cobalt RaQ, all it means is the IP in question
does not have a PTR record and can't resolve to a host name. Not your
problem provided it isn't your IP. If they are your IP's then go into the
DNS parameters in the control panel and add PTR records for them (providing
of course that you are authoritative for that netblock. Only one record per
IP. It may be that your upstream provider hasn't delegated this so you may
have to contact them.

Cheers,

Joe
Tel: (UK) +44 776 737 1234

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Thewlis" <john at OFIZ.COM>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 2:11 PM
Subject: MailScanner maillog error


> Hi
>
> Many thanks for all the help on the /etc/sasldb error, it is now fixed.
>
> When looking through the MailScanner maillog, I get the following error
> message each time an email is sent through the server:-
>
>
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns MailScanner[18807]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages,
3034
> bytes
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns MailScanner[18807]: Virus and Content Scanning:
Starting
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns MailScanner[18807]: Uninfected: Delivered 1 messages
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns sendmail[29908]: gethostbyaddr(217.114.166.33) failed:
1
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns sendmail[29908]: gethostbyaddr(217.114.166.34) failed:
1
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns sendmail[29908]: gethostbyaddr(217.114.166.31) failed:
1
> Mar  7 14:05:46 ns sendmail[29908]: gethostbyaddr(217.114.166.91) failed:
1
>
>
> Any ideas as to how to resolve this error?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>



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