> My emails are being blocked with the message:- > host mailman.qth.net [63.238.179.60]: 554 Service unavailable; Client > host [84.234.17.142] blocked using uk.countries.nerd.dk; Your IP is in > uk, rejected based on geographical location
I have had similar issues with my ISP in that my emails were being blocked as spam. Turns out my ISP itself was being blocked and that was the issue. If I went to a different ISP with my laptop as in a wifi location on the road I could email directly to everyone. Point is I was being blocked at home. So what I did was get an email account on one of the free web services and use that for emails to given servers. gmail allows pop access so I used that and then set it up to leave the mail on the gmail server for "anywhere" access and I got it in my email program in my computer (Pegasus Emailer) and when I'd post it was from gmail itself. I used to have a free account with postmaster.co.uk for my UK visits and those emails were originated in the UK. The ISP you sent from is in Westminister so perhaps the whole of Westminister or the whole of the UK was blocked. Go to google.com instead of google.co.uk and send from there & see if that helps you avoid the "geographic" blocking. Fortunately my ISP got the issue straightened out and the ISP block is lifted but I found if I forward emails from my laptop to my desktop I will get blocked as a spammer, They keep track of all the forwards that are sent and this was their way to assure they do not have spammers as clients. Very Draconian. Gary KA1j _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
