Re: [IMail Forum] New aol problems?

[Steve Guluk]

Title: Re: [IMail Forum] New aol problems?

On 2/16/04 11:06 AM, Len Conrad  wrote:

>> I'm just not sure where this fellow could have these erroneous settings at
>> in his home computer.
>
> as I said, he shouldn't be sending from his home computer + Outlook
> directly to any Internet MXs, as he will have serious difficulty being
> rejected.

I do not understand what you are saying. We all (99%) send from our local computers to a remove server based on the information you put in the  pop incoming and outgoing mail server information in your local email client.



 
>> I am thinking maybe a local LAN or local WiFi but will have to call him to
>> find out for sure.
>>
>> Regarding your settings below my server is configured to use one IP and
>> the local server is mail.Parentdomain.net
>>
>> In our DNS records we have a PTR record so that we do not fail the reverse
>> lookup checks.
>
> and you need an A record and MX record for mail.Parentdomain.net


Hopefully broadcasting details such as this will not give me any problems but I have a fully configured DNS record:


$ORIGIN sgdesign.net.
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA ns1.dn.net. dnsadmin.dn.net. ( 2003110401 3H 1H 1W 1D )
        IN      NS      ns1.dn.net.
        IN      NS      ns2.dn.net.
sgdesign.net.           IN      MX      10      mail
localhost               IN      A       127.0.0.1
sgdesign.net.           IN      A       198.65.104.65
www                     IN      A       198.65.104.65
mail                    IN      A       161.58.93.69
pop                     IN      A       161.58.93.69
smtp                    IN      A       161.58.93.69
ftp                     IN      A       198.65.104.65



 
>> Being all the other domains are aliased through the Parentdomain which is
>> bound to the IP that all sub domains use, I do not see how this individual
>> is sending his own malformed information through our server.
>
> nope, your run an SMTP relay, not an SMTP proxy.
>
>> 20040214 113503 127.0.0.1       SMTPD (10FB0036) [63.199.XXX.XX] EHLO
>> [192.168.1.102]
>
> hmm, that RFC1918 address shows that somebody's DNS still isn't setup
> correctly. Here's mine in Imail 6 :
>
> 01:11 00:02 SMTPD(75E9011C) [212.73.210.91] HELO VirusGate.MEIway.com

I do not get a choice in how I set up my local email program or how it broadcasts the two IP addresses I find in my logs. My local router determines the second IP address and the first is based on my DLS connection static IP.

 
>> Thanks again for the information. Ipswitch Tech is closed today so if you
>> have any suggestions where this customer may have forced the broadcast
>> SANTIAGO name into his email client it would be appreciated.
>
> maybe "user friendly"outlook borrowed that label from his MS Networking or
> OS resolver settings.  I know Exachange does crap like that.

Maybe.

I am having him run some more blind tests with very little content in the email directed at the recipients as he can send mail to other AOL accounts.

Based on the log file below, I also had no trouble sending to this aol person:

20040214 113503 127.0.0.1       SMTPD (10FB0036) [161.58.93.69] connect 63.199.214.33 port 49216
20040214 113503 127.0.0.1       SMTPD (10FB0036) [63.199.214.33] EHLO [192.168.1.102]
20040214 113504 127.0.0.1       SMTPD (10FB0036) [63.199.214.33] MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
20040214 113504 127.0.0.1       SMTPD (10FB0036) [63.199.214.33] RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
20040214 113504 127.0.0.1       SMTPD (10FB0036) [63.199.214.33] C:\IMail\spool\D4e3810fb00360e75.SMD 615
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) processing C:\IMail\spool\Q4e3810fb00360e75.SMD
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) Trying aol.com (0)
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) Connect aol.com [205.188.158.121:25] (1)
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 220-rly-yi04.mx.aol.com ESMTP mail_relay_in-yi4.1; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:40:17 -0500
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 220-America Online (AOL) and its affiliated companies do not
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 220-     authorize the use of its proprietary computers and computer
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 220-     networks to accept, transmit, or distribute unsolicited bulk
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 220-     e-mail sent from the internet.  Effective immediately:  AOL
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 220-     may no longer accept connections from IP addresses which
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 220      have no reverse-DNS (PTR record) assigned.
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) >EHLO mail.sgdesign.net
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 250-rly-yi04.mx.aol.com mail.sgdesign.net
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 250 HELP
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) >MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 250 OK
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) >RCPT To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 250 OK
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) >DATA
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 354 START MAIL INPUT, END WITH "." ON A LINE BY ITSELF
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) >.
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 250 OK
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) rdeliver aol.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (1) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 615
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) >QUIT
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) 221 SERVICE CLOSING CHANNEL
20040214 113505 127.0.0.1       SMTP (04EC2851) finished C:\IMail\spool\Q4e3810fb00360e75.SMD status=1



Regards,


Steve Guluk
SGDesign
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