hi Randy

Mick needs to make sure he's sending through an SMTP server which has reverse 
DNS set up correctly (as Pierre pointed out, most well-run mail servers will 
reject requests that don't reverse properly, as this is very often a pointer 
to the contents being spam). Looks to me like he's running an SMTP server on 
his machine and his outgoing mail is going out through that, rather than his 
ISP's SMTP server. Either that or his ISP has a screwed-up relaying 
mechanism. The mail is being sent from dialup26-1.net-star.net, rather than 
sw.sowest.net. It's most likely that he has that set somewhere in his mailer 
settings. The NNTP suggestion is a red herring. Sounds like somebody on the 
tech support line at his ISP can't be bothered to investigate properly, so 
has just suggested the first thing that came to mind to get rid of him.

HTH

Ian

> Background:  Mick cannot post to the linux-mandrake lists, although he
> can post and send email elsewhere.  The last time I forwarded one of his
> messages to the list, Pierre Fortin noticed that one of the headers made
> it look like he was sending "direcly from a dial up connection" (not
> sure I phrased that right).  See below for what he's done since.  Any
> more suggestions?

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