Ajit wrote: > since i can't use my dialup isp's smtp service (they will only relay > mail with a return address of vsnl.com), i run my own smtp server on > my linux box. > > but recently many destinations (including rediff, vsnl etc) are simply > rejecting my emails, since the vsnl dialup pool of dynamic IP's are > in the spam black lists. one of the explanations is as follows: > > Your mail has been rejected because it has been sent direct from a > mailserver running on a dialup or other dynamic IP listed in the > SORBS DUHL dynamic IP blocklist at www.sorbs.net. We block mail > from known dialup pools and other dynamic IP blocks, due to the > ever present risk of "direct to MX" spam originating from spammers > running bulkmailer software equipped with smtp engine capablities, > and "remailer" virii such as Swen and Sobig, which have their own > smtp engines to remail copies of themselves. Please set your > mailserver up so that it sends out mail through your ISP's > mailserver, or through any other mailserver with a static IP > address that you have access to. > > so how do i setup a smarthost on my linux box? i guess exim has an > option, but if someone could just give me the magic steps that would > be a great help.
Ajit, do you have a "any other mailserver with a static IP address that you have access to." ? -- Sanjeev _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
