I fully understand. BUT, any idea how to fix a bad HELO (when it results in having the internal domain name and the message then picks up the external domain name)?
We got a bunch of folks here and in NY in a panic... -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org "Micheal Espinola Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/27/2008 03:08:30 PM: > I've been rejecting bad HELO's for a couple of years now. I'm glad to > see others are finally catching on! Its a HUGE boost in not only > blocking very obvious spam, but also stops the spam extremely early > during the blocking process - taking less time, effort, resources, > etc. > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:00 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, again... > > > > I just got a reply from AT&T. They said the problem probably lies in the > > HELO statement in the header. (Unfortunately, I am not the Notes > > administrator, but...) > > > > Our Notes server is in a private network (napcc.aspca.int), so that is the > > domain presented in the HELO statement. Reverse lookups find the IP > > address, but it does not resolve to "napcc.aspca.int" but rather to > > "mwro.aspca.org". > > > > Do messaging servers such as Notes or Exchange have a setting so that it > > identifies itself other than with its local network name? I'm sure the > > "internal to external" situation I have is far from unique. > > > > Thanks! > > -------------------------------------- > > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > > ASPCA Knowledge Management > > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > > 217-337-9761 > > http://www.aspca.org > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > -- > ME2 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
