Every ISP we work with (roughly 40) accepts any relay as long as it comes
from their modem pool IP. Makes it hard to send mail from work addresses if
they don't.
Jonathan
At 05:47 PM 8/4/99 -0400, you wrote:
>True, I have also found that most ISPs are blocking e-mail not from their
>@ISPdomain.com, even though you are one of their dial-up customer
>with their IP address.
>This maybe okay (?), but it does create a "Catch-22" situation for user of
>other independent E-mail Services that say "use POP3 from our server
>pop3.maildomain.com for your incoming mail, and use your own ISP's SMTP
>server for your outgoing mail."
>
>I have no problem allowing anyone to send individual (single (<10 TO:,
>CC:, BCC:) and a valid FROM:) pieces of e-mail through my SMTP server
>as a relay, but none of us want our systems to be tied up in knots if we
>select the "Relay mail for anyone" option.
>
>Some ISPs are also adding new E-mail rules that say that the TO: line can
>have no more that 20 addresses. [Boo, Hiss] Or is this maybe a hint
>at a possible solution? Shouldn't a large number of recipients be handled
>by a list server? Like, large files should be sent using FTP instead of
>e-mail attachments.
>
>Are there some additional functions within IMail that can be tailored to
>allow the SMTP relay to be open and yet more flexibly addressing the
>SPAM problem? Such as: allowing (TBD) number of messages a day for any
>FROM: users outside @mydomains.com, instead of knowing their
>IP addresses. Or the ability to implement different levels of restriction
>upon different kinds of user (@mydomains.com (single vs. bulk) vs.
>@otherdomain.com (single vs. bulk)). I guess this is leading to
>re-thinking the Mail Relay Options (changing from only one option to cover
>all).
>
>Forgive the ramblings of an old man, but sometimes we think better when we
>see it in print.
>
>John A. Young
>
>
>On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 23:09:03 -0700, Ricky Keele Keele wrote:
>
> >Most all of the IPS's are blocking all outbound mail that is not coming
> from thier network. This helps stop span. You will have to enter your ISP's
>SMTP server address as your outbound server.
> >
> >Ricky Keele MCSE
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