RBL problems with smarthost on private address range

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Subject:	RBL problems with smarthost on private address range
Group:	Postfix-users
From:	Jim Potter
Date:	7 May 2008

Hi all,
I'm trying to use RBL, but I am getting messages like this:

May 7 09:20:59 mars postfix/smtpd[11400]: warning:
10.4.20.10.opm.blitzed.org: RBL lookup error: Host or domain name not
found. Name service error for name=10.4.20.10.opm.blitzed.org type=A:
Host not found, try again

My mailserver (mars) is inside our local council network, and all
incoming/outgoing mail goes through a smarthost, 10.4.20.10 . How can I
add a positive RBL entry for this MTA? I've tried adding this to
/etc/hosts, but to no avail.
10.4.20.10 10.4.20.10.relays.ordb.org

Is it worth setting up a separate DNS zone for it? this seems like
overkill. any ideas?

cheers

Jim Potter
Bristol
UK

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