Hello Barry, On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:51:16 +0000 GMT (07/11/02, 21:51 +0700 GMT), Barry Higginbottom wrote:
> I have just had an email bounced back to me from one of my > customers. I don't really understand what's going on here, but it > infers there is a problem with my IP address which I find a little > disconcerting. It does not seem to be your IP address. > Below is the relevant bit form the message. If anyone understands it > could they let me know in plain English? > ======================= > Hi. This is the qmail-send program at bsve.net. > I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. > This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. This should be clear: Your mail didn't arrive. It is not in the mail queue any more, either. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Connected to 213.38.238.98 but sender was rejected. > Remote host said: 553 5.3.0 Rejected - see http://www.dsbl.org OK, so your recipient's ISP (cortem.co.uk) uses DSBL to check whether you are sending from an open relay, and rejects messages that are suspected to come from spammers. > --- Below this line is a copy of the message. > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: (qmail 14394 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2002 12:49:16 -0000 > Received: from unknown (HELO 212.248.130.36) (212.248.130.36) I checked the DSBL database, and your IP address is not listed. > I have left out the text of the message, but it seems to me that > this dsbl.org is some sort of spam blocker, but I can't find out > what it is about me that they don't like. Me neither. > Or is it The Bat! that it doesn't like. I seem to remember some > discussion about this before. DSBL seems to be the kind of blacklist that blocks on IP addresses, not X-Mailer headers. > I hope someone can throw some light on this. I cannot find a reason for the rejection. Maybe you want to check out the help page at DSBL, or right to the ISP directly. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular? Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta7 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
