Well, here is yet another episode in the saga of our e-mail and its "blockage".
I attempted to sent an e-mail to the isp which is hosting our european subsidiary. Since they share the same mail exchanger, we have had similar problems sending mail to them. I sent another test message to them and got back this error: -----begin error snippet----- > Return-Path: <> > Subject: Undeliverable mail: E-mail status > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:33:25 -0500 > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Mailer: Stalker Internet Mail Server 1.8b9d14 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; > boundary="_=receipt=_=32682=_" > > Failed to deliver your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > SMTP: Address rejected by host > Host 'legend.co.uk' says: > 554 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Recipient address rejected: Relay access denied > > Reporting-MTA: dns; pecandeluxe.com > > Final-Recipient: rfc822; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Action: failed > Status: 5.0.0 > > Received: from [192.168.1.108] ([192.168.1.108] verified) > by pecandeluxe.com (Stalker SMTP Server 1.8b9d14) > with SMTP id S.0000032528 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 > 16:36:27 -0500 > Subject: E-mail status > Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 16:36:24 -0500 > x-sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, January 22, 1998 > From: Doug Starkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Darren Spink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > -----end error snippet----- Now, my interpretation of this is that Legend's mailserver rejected the mail because it saw it as a relay. It DOES say, "Host 'legend.co.uk' says"... but here is the response I got from Legend (when forwarding this error via a different account): -----begin quote----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Doug, An error from our servers would give a "553" not "554". The error seems to have been generated by: Reporting-MTA: dns; pecandeluxe.com (MTA - mail transfer agent?) -----end quote----- Now, my reading of a "554" is that somewhere, a server thinks I'm relaying. Presumably my mail server, right? But why would my mail server think I'm relaying? I've gone over my configuration. I have all ips on my network listed in the client-hosts. I have "Relay for Clients Only" checked, I have "Verify Return-Path" checked, I do not use an RBL, but DO have my own internal blacklist. Is it possible this my isp is somehow detecting my e-mail as a "relay" attempt and then blocking it? Thanks again, all, for putting up with my mess. ================================================ | Doug Starkey | | Network Administrator | | Pecan Deluxe Candy Company | | 2570 Lone Star Drive | | Dallas, TX 75212-6308 | | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | voice: 214-631-3669 Ext. 108 | | fax: 214-631-5833 | ================================================ ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
