Thanks for these great ideas and your generous support. So... I've sent you an email from my dedicated box.... BTW, I don't generally check the email on my dedicated box [I don't know how to set up POP, but that's a whole other story! :) ) So, if you're trying to get a hold of me, the best way probably is to try me at the email here: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks again for all your help! Albert > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of W B Hacker > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:37 PM > To: exim users > Subject: Re: [exim] Mail from remote server sending to my dedicated site: > 550 Error Relay not permitted > > Albert Wong wrote: > > Hello everyone, :-) ... > > > > And a special thanks to Bill Hacker for his extensive reply to my last > mail > > message. It took me a while to digest it all.... but it was *very* very > > much appreciated... I feel like a baby here, I know, so thanks so much > for > > all the help. :-) > > Hey - some of us have just already made the same mistakes... > > ;-) > > > > > Anyhow, things are going much better (whew! :) and I think I've gotten > my > > hosting provider to set up the rDNS appropriately. [Finally!] > > > > Close, but not yet a cigar. see below. > > > But there are some new issues happening that maybe you guys could help > me > > with: > > > > So, drumrolll.... here's THE PROBLEM..... > > > > _The Problem_ > > ***For SELECTED users, email sent from my dedicated box appears to get > > *rejected* with a "rejected RCPT" error.*** > > > > Hmm.. disagree with your analysis. Problem isn't selected *originators* - > it is > selected *destinations*, and servers, not just user accounts from the look > of > most returns. > > Probable reason is differences in their configuration to reject forgery, > zombie, > and spam sources. > > What I *suspect* is the cause: > > 1) As you are not posting here FROM the server with the problem, I cannot > see > what it is HELO'ing as, but I suspect that said HELO is something that > does NOT > forward/reverse match the IP from whence the connection originates. > > Some server rulesets (not just Exim) may be configured to reject on that > sort of > mismatch as a possible forgery. > > 2) You have 'www.ithou.org' as the return for the IP lookup, which won't > be an > exact match to plain 'ithou.org'. Some server configurations may not > accept that > either. > > It would be *much* better if that entry were simply 'ithou.org' > (additional > entry for 'www.ithou.org' recommended as well). Your httpd should be set > up to > respond to either 'ithou.org' or 'www.ithou.org', as is common. > > > > Here's the actual logs from my mainlog file. You can see that *most* of > the > > messages get sent out ok, but some of them get rejected. > > *snip* > > Just send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > FROM your ithou.org box, not some other account. > > I can probably confirm the above 'suspicions' from my server logs, then > advise > the next step(s). > > Best, > > Bill > > -- > ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users > ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ > ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/ -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
