Thanks Len, LEN, I've discussed the problem with the president of the company providing IP. He's fully aware of the situation, and I am confident that they are working on the problem, and that they have never knowingly allowed spammers. The problem now is, they actually have removed the spammers (and are even being sued by one as a result), they are even more able to monitor the network for spamming (they ARE policing, and have been for some time now), but they are having a great deal of trouble getting off the blacklists anyway. SPEWS in particular is holding on to the entire Class C for dear life, no matter what our IP provider tells them.
I don't want to punish the IP provider, because (1) I know for a fact they are actively working on the problem, have been through a lot of trouble to solve the problem, and have even taken on additional staff dedicated to the problem, and (2) we just can't afford the nearly two weeks it takes to set up new servers, in a new location, move all our client websites, databases, mail configuration, DNS, etc., to "pack up and leave". We've already done it twice in the past couple years, and we're finally in a place that we're happy with. I know it takes two weeks because I've done it enough... too much, frankly. Just not an option. At some point, I have to get back to my regular job. Thanks for the suggestions on the FreeBSD servers. We have extremely low volume when it comes to outgoing mail. If we decide to go this route, I'll be sure to contact you! Marc > -----Original Message----- > From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Need mail server to forward outgoing mail > > > > >I am humbly asking for the help of the knowledgeable folks > on this list, > >and apologize in advance if the information requested below > is published > >somewhere already; I've definitely searched every way that I > can think of, > >but have come up empty. > > If you rent a FreeBSD ded server somewhere, I can setup an > outbound relay. > Contact me offlist if you're interested. johncompanies.com > has virtual > freebsd servers, and I think pair.com does FreeBSD. The pain > could be your > data volume charges (if you have high volumes). > > For low data volumes, you can choose their cheapest ded > server, but check > what their data volume prices are. > > But your best solution, longer term, is to punish your IP provider > commercially by moving to another IP provider. The problem > is apparently > with him not policing his clients' mail traffic, so that > should cost him. > > Len > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training : London; San Jose; Chicago > http://IMGate.MEIway.com : free anti-spam gateway, runs on > 1000's of sites > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
