On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 08:02:16AM -0700, Rod Roark wrote: > On Thursday 26 April 2007 07:10, Marc Elliot Hall wrote: > ... > > The message bounced, and I got this from my mail server: > > > > ============================ > > The Postfix program > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host mxi2s.craigslist.org[66.150.243.2] said: > > 554 <adsl-70-129-38-126.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net[70.129.38.126]>: Client > > host > > rejected: Please use SMTP relay of your ISP or setup non-generic DNS (in > > reply to RCPT TO command) > [remainder deleted] > > I would guess it's either the reverse lookup, or you are showing up on > one of the DNS-based blocklists that tracks "residential" IP space. > Probably the former, given the wording of the rejection. > > IMO Craigslist is not handling this very well, especially considering > its focus as a consumer-centric service. It seems the heavy flood of > spam in recent months is causing some administrators to make poor > decisions. > > Consider switching to an ISP that lets you customize the reverse > lookup. I use DSLExtreme which does this. > > In the meantime if you (or anyone) would like a gmail invite, just let > me know. > > Rod
Thank you for the offer, Rod. Fortunately, as detailed in my reply to Rick (and thank you, too, Rick!), I've overcome this particular obstacle. Now I just have to think about supporting SPF on my mailserver... Curse you, Spammers, for making my life difficult! -- Marc Elliot Hall www.hallmarc.net _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
