On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:54 AM, kannan krishnamurthy > <[email protected]> wrote:In your setup, it is best to use your Email > Service Provider's SMTP >
> server as the "outgoing" host. Otherwise, you will be constantly > fighting RBL list providers to unblock your IP. Furthermore, assuming > that your IP is not blocked, some sites like AOL (IIRC) will not > accept emails unless the MX record and PTR record (for the MX host) > match. > > You have not mentioned which program you are using for your MTA > (sendmail, qmail, postfix, exim to name a few). Each of them can be > configured to send outgoing message via "smart smtp host" which would > be your providers SMTP host. Make sure your provider will allow > relay before attempting the changes in your settings o/w you will > going around in a circle. > > I believe Zimbra runs postfix for the server. You can use your server for local smtp but declare a smarthost to forward all your mail to your ISP's host which is not blacklisted who will then forward the mail. This way, the PTR check will also pass thro'. -- Mohan Sundaram _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
