(OT) Mail got blocked because of SORBS/DYNABLOCK

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

On Thursday 01 April 2004 10:47 am, Jeff Kinz wrote:
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> > That's what I thought too, but if that's the case, then  changing the
> > entry for SMTP server in his outlook client won't help, since his address
> > will still be in the header.
>
> Your reasoning sounds good to me -  but when tranferring email to his
> ISP the header sequence gets written with "His" ISP's IP in the chain.
>
> The combination of his IP and His ISP's SMTP relay IP may be what makes
> the header get thru the filters as a "valid source", or the combo of
> his IP and his ISP's mail domain may be what does it.
>
> The combination of his dynamic IP and and any other SMTP relay is
> clearly setting off alarms.

That sounds plausible. I'll tell him to change the SMTP server entry, and if 
that solves the problem, then I better stop wasting everyones time here :) 

> Whats the IP address of your SMTP server ?  Is it in any of the
> blocklists?

No, it's not. I checked with several list lookup that I found. 

Thanks,
RDB
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Reuben D. Budiardja
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
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