Dear Jonathan, On 17:24 16.03.2003, you [Jonathan Angliss] wrote...
> How the ISP sets the addresses up is up the them. Mine doesn't do it... > but I have seen some that do. And you're wrong... the IP doesn't come from > the dial-up pool... it's a different subnet... just some RBL systems block > whole /24 class addresses, instead of investigating where the dial-up pools > go from and to. Again, your provider should contact them to get this fixed. Please don't forget that Internet mail is a priviledge, not a right. There are many sites blocking based on domain endings (*.tw, *.cn), on so called "rogue networks" (all AOL IPs except their MXes), others block their customers port 25 (AOL, Earthlink) or redirect it to their own SMTP server, no matter which one you wanted to connect to and so on. It's about fair play. If I choose to operate a mail server that does not need to take direct delivered eMails from declared dialin ports, no matter if this is modem, ISDN, DSL, short wave, CB or anything, then that's up to me, and perhaps my customers. I've seen many site, including ISPs with millions of customers(!) implementing these blockings. If you have a static IP, which is IMHO the only one suited to provide "real" server services, then your provider should be able to adjust the PTR DNS record so you don't fall into the dial-up pools. Cheers, Johannes mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Nicht weil die Dinge schwierig sind wagen wir sie nicht, sondern weil wir sie nicht wagen sind sie schwierig ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
