Out of curiosity, which list has you listed? Some will block whole ranges that they believe to be Dynamic (DSL/Cable/dial-up) just from their name returned from the PTR lookup.....Although mine is static it returns:
Asking dns2.knology.net. for 118.172.214.24.in-addr.arpa PTR record: Reports user-24-214-172-118.knology.net. [from 24.214.63.67] Answer: 24.214.172.118 PTR record: user-24-214-172-118.knology.net. [TTL 600s] [A=24.214.172.118]IF you run this IP through the spam database lookup you will see that at least one (Five-Ten) has it blocked as being a part of a range that they block.YOu should get with your provider and make sure your IP is not part of a Dynamically assigned block at all and doesn't return a name that might indicate it isEric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] reverse DNS > Yep: > 220 odin.robinsonmfg.com SMTP; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:14:30 -0500 > > adamc > > > Greg Kesler wrote: > > Many mail admins are more likely to manually block an IP if a complaint > > is received and it does not have a PTR entry that matches the forward > > lookup. > > > > Another factor to consider is the greeting that the mail server states > > when you telnet (smtp) to it. Does the mail servers greeting message > > have a FQDN? > > > > A correct example would be: > > "220 ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com ESMTP Welcome to Road Runner. WARNING: *** > > FOR AUTHORIZED USE ONLY! ***" > > > > Vs. > > > > Incorrect: > > "220 mail damon ESMTP ..." > > or > > "220 bigcompany ..." > > or > > "220 10.10.10.10" (Ip used only as example) > > > > -Greg. > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
