Thanks for this. My mx record said 'mail.mydomain.com' My entry is the config.xml file said 'mydomain.com' Could this be it? Pete
> From: bwai...@intarsys.de > To: server-user@james.apache.org > Subject: AW: AW: Urgent Spamhaus Help Needed - james 2.3.2 [unsigned] > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:11:22 +0000 > > Hello Pete, > > check your config.xml. > > 1. > In your "RemoteDelivery" mailet (or the mailets, could be more than one), you > should set your hostname for the "sender" side. > The hostname must be the same as defined in your MX Record in the public DNS. > > So if your Sender-Domain is "mydomain.de", and your MX-record in dns is > "mymailserver.mydomain.de", and your A-Record for "mymailserver.mydomain.de" > is 217.172.xxx, then use: > > <mailet match="All" class="RemoteDelivery"> > ..... > <mail.smtp.localhost>mymailserver.mydomain.de</mail.smtp.localhost> > </mailet> > Do not (!) use the numeric IP here. > > > 2. > You should also need to set the hostname for the "listen" side, so you need > to change the "smtpserver" section. > <smtpserver enabled="true"> > .... > <handler> > <helloName autodetect="false">mymailserver.mydomain.de</helloName> > ... > </handler> > ... > </smtpserver> > > 3. > Also in the "<James"> Section there is a hostname. > This is the default if none is set. You should use the same name here. This > entry does mean: for which domains is this server responsible. So you could > have more than one name here. > <servernames autodetect="false" autodetectIP="true"> > <servername>mymailserver.mydomain.de </servername> > </servernames> > > Ciao, > Bernd > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Pete Williams [mailto:pxc...@hotmail.com] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. September 2014 14:38 > An: James Users List > Betreff: RE: AW: Urgent Spamhaus Help Needed - james 2.3.2 [unsigned] > > Hi > Thanks for the replies. > We got an email reply back from CBL/Spamhaus. Does anyone know how I can > check this, or what to do? > "Note: 217.172.xxx appeared to be suspicious because it was using > thefollowing name to identify itself during email (port 25) connections via > the SMTP HELO/EHLO commands: > > 217.172.xxx > > This is USUALLY spamware, but in some rare circumstances, it can be a > misconfiguration in your mail server. The CBL attempts to distinguish real > mail server software from malware SMTP clients by expecting users to name > their mail server[s] to indicate who _they_ are, not their provider and be > consistent with Internet protocol standards. > > Use of a bare IP address in the HELO is a violation of > RFC2821 section 4.1.1.1, which says that the HELO value MUST be either a > fully qualified domain name (such as "mail01.example.com") or an IP address > enclosed in square brackets (such as "[217.172.xxx]")." > > From: bwai...@intarsys.de > > To: server-user@james.apache.org > > Subject: AW: Urgent Spamhaus Help Needed - james 2.3.2 [unsigned] > > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:12:34 +0000 > > > > Hi, > > > > this may not be a matter of james, but it need to get fixed. > > > > Maybe check this: > > > > Do your server accept mails from extern addressed "from: > > some...@somewhere.de" to "unknownu...@yourdomain.de"? > > So the Reply may be the spam. > > > > Do your server accept mails from extern addressed "from: <null>" (means no > > from) to "some...@somewhere.de"? > > It seems to me that not all mailets in james handle the From==null. > > > > Could everybody subscribe to your service, with a wrong e-mail address? > > In the past we had an "subscribe newsletter" on our webpage, even with > > captcha, and had a lot of "fake" subscriptions. > > The used e-mail address got the "thank your for subscribing", and some > > users marked this as spam. > > So it may be a matter of a third system, not the mail system directly. > > > > Mfg > > Bernd > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Pete Williams [mailto:pxc...@hotmail.com] > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. September 2014 11:50 > > An: server-user@james.apache.org > > Betreff: Urgent Spamhaus Help Needed - james 2.3.2 > > > > Hi > > > > I have been successfully running a James email server for about the last 3 > > years. It is not an open relay. It checks clean with things like MX toolbox. > > > > Our fixed IP address keeps getting listed on Spamhaus. I am certain that we > > are not infected, and that James is configured OK. > > > > Our cloud based service sends emails that subscribers have asked for. It > > runs reports and emails them, and sends email notifications. They pay for > > this service, so this is stuff they want to see. > > > > I need to find out why we are being listed, and if these emails are being > > seen as spam by 'a trusted third party' as the spamhaus website puts it. > > > > If you can help at all, please do. I don't know how to proceed. > > > > Thanks Pete. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscr...@james.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-h...@james.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscr...@james.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-h...@james.apache.org >
