Sendmail authentication issue or spam?

[Gbenga Shobowale]

On 3/13/06, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 09:34 +0100, Gbenga Shobowale wrote:
> > On 3/12/06, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
> > > Am So, den 12.03.2006 schrieb Gbenga Shobowale um 19:30:
> > >
> > > > Thanks..however, I still get the same error..maybe I am doing something
> > > > wrong....
> > >
> > > Please do not top-post.
> > >
> > > Increase the log level of Sendmail to see more of the communication in
> > > maillog. Did you set the smart host in sendmail.mc or do you use a
> > > mailertable entry? The host in
> > >
> > > define(`SMART_HOST',`foo.bar.tld')dnl
> > >
> > > must exactly match the server name you use with AuthInfo.
> > >
> > > Are you sure you are using the proper AUTH data? "M:mechanism" defines
> > > the mechanism to use. This can be for instance PLAIN or DIGEST-MD5.
> > > Which mechanism you can use depends on what the relay host offers.
> > I did not add the machanism...I will do that now...however, it is
> > plain as i did a telnet below:
> >
> > Trying 72.34.45.113...
> >
> > Connected to mail.cobranet.org (72.34.45.113).
> >
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> >
> > 220-manila.elinuxservers.com ESMTP Exim 4.52 #1 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:26:54+0000
> >
> > 220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited,
> >
> > 220 and/or bulk e-mail. helo mail.cobranet.org
> >
> > 250 manila.elinuxservers.com Hello mail.cobranet.org [80.89.179.128]
> >
> > ehlo
> >
> > 250-manila.elinuxservers.com Hello [80.89.179.128]
>
> Somebody using your IP address [80.89.179.128] appears to have been
> sending Advanced Fee Fraud emails, and thus the IP address got listed in
> the Spamhaus Block List.
>
> http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=SBL32972
>
> You should get your ISP to talk to Spamhaus, tell them what they did to
> prevent this from happening, and ask them to remove the listing.

Thanks Paul I will get them to look into this issue...

>
> Paul.
>
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