OT: fighting rbl's

[John Burton]

HaJo Schatz wrote:

>On Tue, November 30, 2004 12:18, Thomas Zehetbauer said:
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>>I have been repeatedly affected by RBL providers incorrectly listing my
>>static IP address in their dial-up ranges causing my messages to be
>>rejected by the servers of several clueless wannabe administrators.
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>I'd in the first instance ask myself why my IP got into their list. You
>wouldn't have had your server open for public relay in the past (or
>still), would you? I believe tackling the root cause should be the first
>step.
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One primary "root cause" has nothing to do with the activities of the 
system. The original poster mentioned he was on a dialup line, which 
implies dynamic IP addresses. Many BL providers simply black list 
dynamic IP addresses as a rule (since much spam does originate from 
dynamic IP addresses). For this type of setup, its best to use the mail 
server for the ISP...

John