Thanks for that, it seems to have fixed the problem.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Mary
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 June 2002 9:18 PM
> To: Slug
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] mail blocking
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 06:59:35PM +1000, Simon Bryan wrote:
> > Can anyone explain why I am suddenly getting these messages
> whenever I try
> > to send to a bigpond user?
> >
> > (reason: 500 access denied; your IP is listed by
> rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org.)
>
> Since you say your Red Hat machine is connecting directly, it is likely
> that Optus's dialup IPs (all of them) are listed on the Realtime
> Blackhole List (or on the Dialup Users List
> http://www.mail-abuse.org/dul/). It is not uncommon for this to happen.
> The website states "We accomplish this by preventing trespassing by mass
> e-mailers who offload unsolicited e-mail, aka: spam, using direct
> connections to their victims' mail servers without using their ISP's
> mail server as a relay or gateway."
>
> You should set up your MTA to relay mail to Optus's mail relay, which
> will not be listed on the dialup users list.
>
> -Mary.
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