On 10/25/11 12:11 PM, Sytze de Boer wrote: > Hi folk > I know some of you are committed Blat users and would appreciate some > feedback > A client of mine has used my payroll system for 3 years, and I use blat to > send pdf style payslips each fortnight > (about 150 employees). > The company is based in Papua New Guinea > This has worked seamlessly for 3 years, and the only thing I changed (about > a year ago) was the replacement of the txt file with a pdf attachment. > > I went overseas on 8 September for a planned 5 week trip, and yes, you > guessed it, 3 days into my trip I received a sos message > The system stopped emailing payslips with Blat log reporting (150 errors) > as below > > I have Googled this and have spent endless hours on it and at my wits end. > I am convinced they have changed something on their Server but I do not know > what. > > > 2011.10.05 08:59:49 (Wed)------------Start of Session----------------- > Sending trblat.txt to [email protected] > Subject: Payslip for F/N Ending: 28 September 2011 > Login name is [email protected] > Attached binary file: MR030-.PDF > Error: Wait a bit (possible timeout). > The SMTP server does not like the name [email protected]. > Have you set the 'To:' field correctly, or do you need authorization > (-u/-pw) ? > The SMTP server response was -> > Error: Wait a bit (possible timeout). > 2011.10.05 09:00:49 (Wed)-------------End of Session-----------------
This looks to me like the receiving mail server has implemented a practice known as graylisting. The server rejects the first attempt with "unknown user", but then accepts a second attempt if it occurs within a reasonable timeframe later, like a minute to 20 minutes later. The idea is that spammers will just move on while regular mailservers will by default try again several times. So, you need to be in control of the mailserver you are blatting to, so you can accept all mail from your blat instance. Then relay that mail out to the receiving server on the Internet using a real smtp mail server, not merely a smtp client like blat. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
