Perhaps the real problem is that the rdns does not point to the sending domain:$ host tux.hamakor.org.iltux.hamakor.org.il has address 82.80.248.176$ host 82.80.248.176176.248.80.82.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer bzq-82-80-248-176.dcenter.bezeqint.net.   Contrast that with:$ host mail.yahoo.commail.yahoo.com is an alias for login.yahoo.com.login.yahoo.com is an alias for login-global.yahoo8.akadns.net.login-global.yahoo8.akadns.net is an alias for login.yahoo.akadns.net.login.yahoo.akadns.net has address 209.191.92.114$ host 209.191.92.114114.92.191.209.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer l2.login.vip.mud.yahoo.com.?----- Original Message -----From: Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008 0:00Subject: Re: Email Hosting (POP+SMTP) RecommendationTo: Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Cc: Linux-IL <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il>> Shlomi Fish wrote:> > So all the email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is bouncing.> No, that's not it. It's not that email sent is bouncing. It is > that it > is bouncing with an explanation that accuses the sending SMTP > (hamakor > server, in this case) of being a host for spam, yet provides no > proof of > actual spamming ever taking place. Further more, if you follow > the > resources linked from the very page you are directed to, you get > to a > bunch of sites maintaining lists. Hamakor server's only > appearance on > the list is as a positive feedback (i.e. - was checked and found > good).> The actual page linked to does offer to take the server off the > list, > but using a scare tactic - you give your email address and name > and > promise the problem has been taken care of, while there is no > listed > problem to take care of.> > Worse, in "how to stay clean", they offer two suggestions. Clean > your > computer from viruses (need I mention that Hamakor server is > running > Linux?) and change the reverse lookup of the server to something > containing "mail" or "smtp". The audacity of an administrator to > think > they can dictate to other server operators what to call their > servers > seems, to me, beyond words. How dare they try and tell me what > to call > my server, on pain of not receiving emails sent? It breaks every > level > of trust out there.> > What is worse, they are actually shifting the blame to make it > sound as > if it is our server that did something wrong. Shlomi, who I > think no one > can accuse of being SMTP illiterate, still approached me first > asking me > to fix the problem (which I have no way of doing).> > Just venting off steam here.> > Shachar> > =================================================================> To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with> the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command> echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]> ââ®
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