Re: [Mailman-Users] Comcast, Yahoo, Hotmail blocking us

2007-09-02 Thread Brad Knowles
On 9/1/07, Mark Sapiro wrote: OTOH, it won't be that slow. If your MTA as as blinding fast as you say, I imagine that for moderate sized messages, say 10 KB, it would take well under a minute to deliver to the MTA. It all depends on how many recipients there are, how large the message is,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Comcast, Yahoo, Hotmail blocking us

2007-09-02 Thread Brad Knowles
On 9/1/07, Michael Anderson wrote: So, the question I have is - is there any way to set mailman so that it doesn't send all its copies of a message to yahoo.com for instance all at once? Can you break it up? We have 200 yahoo users which is over their threshold. Search the FAQ Wizard for

Re: [Mailman-Users] Comcast, Yahoo, Hotmail blocking us

2007-09-02 Thread Brad Knowles
On 9/1/07, Mark Sapiro wrote: I suppose that's possible, but before going down that road, I would make sure that the domain that the server identifies itself as in SMTP HELO or EHLO is the same domain returned by an rDNS lookup of its IP address. Another factor might be the firewall.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Comcast, Yahoo, Hotmail blocking us

2007-09-02 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Sep 1, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: I suppose that's possible, but before going down that road, I would make sure that the domain that the server identifies itself as in SMTP HELO or EHLO is the same domain returned by an rDNS lookup of its IP address. Let me add to this. I fully

[Mailman-Users] Comcast, Yahoo, Hotmail blocking us

2007-09-01 Thread Michael Anderson
Suddenly, these major ISP's were refusing our connections. We are not on their blacklists. This all started on one day. After a great deal of investigation by my sysadmin and my University IT guys we have come to the conclusion that it might have been caused by updating our mail gateway machine.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Comcast, Yahoo, Hotmail blocking us

2007-09-01 Thread Bob Brown
Also, is there a way to find out which major blacklists your server is on Try one of these: http://www.mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx http://www.dnsbl.info/advanced.asp You should probably check spamhaus.org directly here: http://www.spamhaus.org/zen/ If you find yourself on one or more

Re: [Mailman-Users] Comcast, Yahoo, Hotmail blocking us

2007-09-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
Michael Anderson wrote: Suddenly, these major ISP's were refusing our connections. We are not on their blacklists. This all started on one day. After a great deal of investigation by my sysadmin and my University IT guys we have come to the conclusion that it might have been caused by updating

Re: [Mailman-Users] Comcast, Yahoo, Hotmail blocking us

2007-09-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
Michael Anderson wrote: I can't imagine that sending one message at a time to 1500 users on a real busy listserv would be a good idea.. Could it not really be slow? Well, you asked how to slow it down ... OTOH, it won't be that slow. If your MTA as as blinding fast as you say, I imagine that

Re: [Mailman-Users] Comcast, Yahoo, Hotmail blocking us

2007-09-01 Thread Michael Anderson
: Mailman Users mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Comcast, Yahoo, Hotmail blocking us Michael Anderson wrote: I can't imagine that sending one message at a time to 1500 users on a real busy listserv would be a good idea.. Could it not really be slow? Well, you asked how