I think I found the problem. looks like I'm an open relay. Man, I thought I fixed that a long time ago.
11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) Trying earthlink.net (0) 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) Connect earthlink.net [207.217.120.28:25] (1) 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) 220 emu EL_3_4_8_2 /EL_3_4_8_2 ESMTP EarthLink SMTP Server Fri, 9 Nov 2001 00:26:12 -0800 (PST) 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) >EHLO kontrol.net 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) 250-emu Hello kontrol.net [207.114.212.205], pleased to meet you 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) 250-8BITMIME 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) 250-SIZE 10485760 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) 250 HELP 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) >MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) 550 Dialups/open relays blocked. Contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) ERR undeliverable 550 Dialups/open relays blocked. Contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) SMTP_DELIV_FAILED 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) >QUIT 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) Creating message from Postmaster 11:09 00:19 SMTP-(00000201) finished C:\IMAIL\spool\Q1f79198.FWD status=2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Problems sending to earthlink.net > > >We can send to anyone else, it's just earthlink > >that's bouncing our mail back. The bounce messages give no valuble > >information, just "undeliverable to [EMAIL PROTECTED]". > > First, the "biggies" (earthlink, hotmail, yahoo) often have problems, and > it can often take hours or even days for mail to get there. > > The problem here is that IMail's bounce messages don't provide much useful > information -- it would be *great* if they would include the response from > the remote mail server. For example, when we get blacklisted in the spam > databases (since we intentionally run an open relay, even though spammers > can't get mail out through it), IMail bounces mail we send with "unknown > user" (which makes it sound as though the user we are sending to doesn't > exist). If it put in the "550 You are blacklisted at wherever..." > response, we would immediately know that there was a problem on our end. > > But, you can just look at the SMTP log file to find out what Earthlink is > saying. > > >Is it possible that Earthlink is doing a reverse DNS lookup on domains that > >send email to their server? > > Yes, it is > possible. http://mail.declude.com/tools/ptr.ch?ip=207.114.212.205 shows > that you have no reverse DNS entry (you can go to > http://www.declude.com/tools and use the "Reverse DNS Tester" to get there). > > >I currently do not have proper PTR records, as > >I only have a small block of IPs, and I'm having problems getting my > >provider to delegate authority to my DNS servers (please excuse me if my > >teminology is wacked, I'm not a real DNS guy). > > Don't worry too much about the terminology, reverse DNS is a big mystery > for a lot of people, even people who know standard DNS pretty well. Feel > free to E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] to ask about getting the delegation set > up; or, you could have them add your IPs to their DNS servers which might > be easier. > > -Scott > --- > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for > IMail. http://www.declude.com > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
