On Fri, 21 May 1999 22:23:57 -0700, Einar Stefferud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi Patrick -- That is the bad news.
>
>The good news is that doing so will unmask ICANN for what it is;-)...
>
>BTW, my access to present mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is blocked and my mail is being rejected.
Stef,
The mail server you are using paris.ics.uci.edu([128.195.1.50]) is
blackholed by the ORBS project, which tests and blocks mail from
mailservers that are shown to be "open relays" since most spam
originates from them. Mail servers can be configured by their
operators to block mail from blacklisted mail servers, and that is
what is happening.
Perhaps the admin of that server is not aware they are being
blackholed, and what s/he needs to do to get off of it.
You might want to refer him/her to the ORBS website at
http://www.orbs.org
You can test if your mail server is on the ORBS by doing a nslookup in
the form
nslookup 50.1.195.128.relays.orbs.org
Notice the IP Address is listed in reverse theren
If it is black holed this will result in :
Name: 2.0.0.127.relays.orbs.org
Address: 127.0.0.2
Aliases: 50.1.195.128.relays.orbs.org
If you get no result, then the server is not on the ORBS blackhole
list.
Nice way to get rid of mail from a certain someone...just enable ORBS
on the list mailserver, netcom has quite a few open relays, including
the one at the dallas pop.
--
William X. Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
