Yo. > -----Original Message----- > From: East, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:18 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Internet Mail Issues > > > It's a disenheartening thought that for individual broadband > access most > people now have a choice between the two worst customer-service > organizations in the universe, the phone company and the > cable company. > > Crista, you don't want to hear me sing and I didn't mean to criticize > you, just to point out some facts that hopefully would help > you convince > your client to upgrade their service so that you didn't have to jump > through those hoops. > > But here's another useful suggestion, provided free of charge and > without Airplane! references. I just Googled on Outbound mail relaying > service and found in one of the first links > http://www.tzo.com/MainPageServices/ProductSummaries/13_OMR.html > > Since Comcast "seems to be blocking themselves": for > $99/year, less than > I pay for my personal home page, you can relay off of these guys and > hopefully get out of the RBL ghetto. I'm sure they could tell > you how to > set your Exchange server to do it, too. I haven't used this > service, I'm > not affiliated with them and for all I know they sell helpless baby > rabbits to Estee Lauder, but if you look at their service and some > competitors you may be able to find a way to at least temporarily get > the mail flowing again until Comcast can fix their BAS or your client > finds another provider. > > As we say here in Philly, Good luck wid it. > > > p.s.: Do you like movies about gladiators? > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Crista Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 5:17 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Internet Mail Issues > > > > > > Hahaha... should we all get together and sing Kumbaya now? > > > > We are hosting our DNS and there is an MX record for the > > server, however > > we cannot do reverse DNS because comcast won't let us. While I agree > > comcast is not a 'business ISP', for nice little startups and > > two person > > home offices (my main client base) it works until you want to add a > > server. I suggested DSL, but it wasn't available in the > area (not to > > mention the bandwidth you're giving up...) so you work with > > what you can > > when these things happen. > > > > As far as relaying through the comcast host, I'm trying to > > figure out how > > to set that up with authentication, but I admittedly have not > > had a lot of > > time to browse the KB and not sure it would fix it because it seems > > comcast IS blocking themselves because this node was found on > > a blacklist. > > > > We have started the proceedings for a static IP from comcast > > who says we > > will have reverse DNS ability at that time, but we'll see. > > In the mean > > time I'd still like to know if there's anything else to check > > in case that > > doesn't fix the issue. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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