Hi Ed Long time no type ;) On Thursday 06 October 2005 6:05 pm, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 04:44:30PM +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote: > > My live server is Exim 3, but I'm in the process of updating to a > > new box running Exim 4. > > > > I don't have a smarthost set and SMTP delivery is set direct as I > > prefer this for both performance and logging reasons. > > You may prefer it but the target doesn't. That's why your email is > being blocked. > > > However, I have just chaanged ISPs and for some reason my IP > > address range is on an RBL. > > "For some reason"? Give us your IP address and we'll tell you why. > There's a good chance that you're in a dynamic IP address range and > that will be blocked by a LOT of hosts. I have a leased line connection with a fixed IP subnet of 80.193.83.129/25 (I think the netmask is right) This should not have been included on a dial-up RBL. > > > Is it possible with both versions to configure it so that it tries > > to deliver directly, but fall back to my ISP's SMTP relay if it > > fails. > > I don't think so. SMTP doesn't have an error for "we don't like your > source address". The transaction is being rejected but you really > don't know why - different servers reject with different messages and > error codes. Okay. What I get back is SMTP rejection error 550: which is administrative rejection. The explanatory text I get back with it states that it's been rejected because the source IP is on a RBL. > > What you can do with sendmail is to add mailertable entries for > specific domains that will override the default smart host. I think you can do similar with exim but don't know how. However, I had hoped for it to be more robust and do it automatically if a direct send fails. > > Personally, I gave up and send all email through my ISP. The problem with this is performance. Even the techie at my ISP admitted that this would seriously slow down email, which I can't afford for my company. For a long time we've done more emails than faxes, and now we're using email at least as much as voice phone calls. > > .../Ed -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
