Dave Cotton wrote: > Oleane is blacklisted? Apparently so; at least, someone is. The smtp server is in a /8 block, so I hope there was some restraint on the part of the blacklisters (no comment... ;-).
> matchbox.fr resolves to an address from the Oleane block, do you have a > fixed IP? If so perhaps you were the open relay :) We have a very small block of fixed addresses, but only one is in service and it doesn't run a server. The firewall at that address doesn't even have that port open (though we get scanned quite often). > If not you're another victim of the "a previous user of the IP had an > open relay" syndrome. We have a professional ASDL service, but our block of fixed IP's isn't anywhere near the one that Andrey's ISP has blacklisted (81.x.x.x for access vs. 213.x.x.x for blacklist). We use a generic smtp server that's for everyone on the service, and is *almost* in the same Class C block as the one mentioned in the bounce notice that I got from Andrey's ISP. Changes are *very* good that it was at one time an open relay. Since sometime late last year, Oleane has required smtp password validation -- but cleartext passwords aren't guaranteed, just a way to slow down a determined spammer. Mandrake's own cooker server bounced two of my messages yesterday, the first time it'd happened to me. So there is perhaps renewed activity. We'll see if this message makes it :-) (a couple of others did, so I think Mdk took care of me). > I just realised why providers like Wanadoo/Oleane never check for open > relays, if you complain about the problem that others are causing you > they'll say they can always sell you a fixed IP at an inflated price. Yeah, I know about the prices for sure (and I miss the days of US 1-800 service numbers when I was "only" paying with my time on hold, not for an inflated support line cost too). I've purposely avoided setting up an smtp server or service, but sometimes I think about our extra IP addresses sitting there... Thanks for the friendly neighborly inquiry. I'm basically in the same situation as a regular user, just at inflated business prices. But for the moment, it's better than the time I'd spend on setting up something close to bulletproof. - John
