Im on cable here and i send via my own mail server and have no issues and i use my dyndns domain for mail. Perhaps there have been som bad people on your isp's network Dennis On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:30 pm, Michael George wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 09:45:55PM -0400, Steven W. Orr wrote: > > Mail to Red Hat lists are being bounced because of the reasons listed > > below. The spam content on these lists has been good in the past and I > > object to my mail being bounced now. One of my main reasons for using > > Linux in the first place is so that I can send and receive mail using my > > own sendmail server. If this message gets through it's only because I am > > bypassing my mail server to use my ISP's server via the mailertable file > > in sendmail. Clearly, Red Hat is using one of the many overzealous RBLs > > which block on dialup address ranges. I'm not a dialup: I'm on a cable > > modem and I've been doing this for years. I tried using an RBL that > > blocked on dialups and I can tell you that I dropped it because it's just > > too restrictive. > > > > Can this RBL either be dropped or this issue escalated to a higher level? > > I really think this is wrong. I use my ISP for bandwidth and nameservice > > resolution, and *nothing* else. > > > > Do others here understand what I'm saying? > > I have a linux box that is connected via broadband to my ISP. The ISP has > provided an SMTP server for me, but I use my own linux box as my SMTP > server. > > I don't recall having this problem (at least not if this mail makes it to > the list...)... > > I do have the same userid on my linux box as my ISP has given me for > receiving mail, and I masquerade my machine (and envelope) as being my > ISP's domain. > > So when I send mail as <userid>@<my machine>, sendmail masqs it to > <userid>@<ISP's domain> to send it and my internal <userid> matches the > mailbox that my ISP provided. Maybe that's why mine works? > > I might even have an effectively static IP address, being broadband, but my > router doesn't allow anything but SSH through unless it is a response to > something from here... > > -Michael > > -- > A billion seconds ago Harry Truman was president. > A billion minutes ago was just after the time of Christ. > A billion hours ago man had not yet walked on earth. > A billion dollars ago was late yesterday afternoon at the U.S. Treasury.
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