On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 14:18, Ross Werner wrote: > Ok, now which should I do: simply reset my DSL modem so it'll change IPs, > thus leaving this IP address in dsbl.org's database, or should I try and > get the IP address out of dsbl.org's database? Or should I report it to my > ISP or something? Any ideas?
More an more ISPs, including AOL, MSN, etc, no longer accept port 25 incoming traffic from dynamic ip address ranges, whether you are a known relay or not. So odd are, even if you got your ip off up the RBL, a good percentage of the world still wouldn't receive mail from you. I had this happen to me, and although it quite annoyed me, I understand the reaons (although there are serious implications for the continued freedom of the net). I now tell my local mail server (postfix or sendmail) to use a smart relay and use my ISP's mail server. You'll want to do the same, most likely. Michael > > ~ ross > > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Kenneth Clark wrote: > > > http://www.abuse.net/relay.html > > > > you can test your server there. > > > > --ken > > > > On Oct 27, 2003, at 3:00 PM, Ross Werner wrote: > > > > > k, when I try to send email from my server at home the last couple of > > > days, it says: > > > Mail rejected by spam filter; open relay, see <URL:http://dsbl.org/> > > > etc. > > > > > > Now, this server is on a dynamic IP address which changes every couple > > > of > > > weeks, so it may be that somebody else is running an open relay, and > > > then > > > I just happen to switch IPs and catch theirs. Oops! > > > > > > So, I could just redial the DSL modem and grab a new IP, woohoo, > > > problem > > > solved, but ... what if I really am running an open relay? How do I > > > tell? > > > And how do I fix it if I am? > > > > > > I'm running RedHat, some old version I think 7 (or maybe 6). Let me > > > know > > > if there's any other info you need. > > > > > > ~ ross > > > > > > -- > > > > > > This sentence would be seven words long if it were six words shorter. > > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > > BYU Unix Users Group > > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > > http://llamakc.org > > > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
