Re: SMTP Connections
also sprach David Steinberg (on Thu, 03 May 2001 11:09:37AM -0700):
> > are you behind a firewall?
> Yes, but I don't think it blocks outgoing 25/tcp connects.
no it doesn't. i saw your connects...
> Could you expand on this? How would a mail server decide which IP
> addresses to block? Why would it suddenly decide that it doesn't like
> mine? :)
i really don't think that would be the problem. it could be that your
home.com ip address is listed on mail-abuse.org, but my server should
have caught that already. what servers have you tried so far?
a mail server will block certain ips if they are commonly used by
spammers - that's what mail-abuse.org is for. otherwise, i see no
point in blocking connects...
martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
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