Chris, The host name you are sending from is not on the net. So if I for example was to try to connect to your server I would not be able to. The Earth link server checks to see if you exist on the net, if you don't exist they think it is a spam relay and dump it.
Tony. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 2:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Assistance with postifx > > > Ok guys, I'm having a hell of a time here with this. Heres > what I'm trying > to do. I have a script that will report spam automatically > to earthlink. > Below is a snip from a reply I got from one of the techs when > we discovered > that my reports were going out ok, but being rejected by EL's > abuse mailer: > > AHA! That's the problem. Your 'envelope from' does not use a FQDN > (chris.localdomain does not resolve). There is an anti-spam measure > running on the MTA (Exim) for abuse.earthlink.net which will > reject all > mail from domains with no resolvable 'A' record or 'MX' > record. This is > the same machine that [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwards to. The same > rule does not run on the earthlink.net MX, which is why you could find > no errors in your local mail logs. Your box handed the report > off to the > earthlink.net MX just fine, but when *that* rotor attempted to deliver > the mail to us at abuse.earthlink.net, it was rejected like so: > > Of course, you never saw this, because [EMAIL PROTECTED] doesn't > go anywhere. Configure your MTA to announce with > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in the 'MAIL FROM:' command (or just something resolvable), and that > should fix it. Notice this has nothing to do with the > parameters in the > script. That only specifies the 'Header from', which is what > is visible > as the 'From:' header when reading e-mail. But the 'Envelope From' is > entirely different, which usually translates to be the 'Return-Path:' > when you view the extended headers of an e-mail. > > Ok, so, I went to the main.cf in /etc/postifx and made this change: > > > myorigin = [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > #myorigin = $mydomain > > Now for some reason the headers of the msgs look like this, > which I know is > incorrect: > > Status: RO > Return-Path: <chris@@earthlink.net> > Received: from chris.localdomain ([xx.xx.xxx.xxx]) > by quail (EarthLink SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 1bLh4S53N3NZFkZ0 > Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:59:54 -0700 (PDT) > Received: by chris.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 501) > id E2AC0584002; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 20:59:52 -0400 (EDT) > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > So, for now I've shut off the reporting script. I'm sure > that its a very, > very simple fix but I guess my brain cells are just too debiliated. > > Thanks very much in advance for any help > > -- > Chris > Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org > 8:14pm up 17 days, 1:35, 2 users, load average: 0.59, 0.56, 0.69 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > What's the matter with the world? Why, there ain't but one > thing wrong > with every one of us -- and that's "selfishness." > -- The Best of Will Rogers > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Live - From Virgin Radio UK Elvis Costello - Pump it up > > > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com
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