Re: SMTP Connections

["Hall Stevenson" <hallstevenson@mindspring.com>]

> > > On what basis could a mail server decide which hosts it
> > > is going to allow to connect to it?
> >
> > ip addresses mostly...
>
> 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?  :)

Mail servers can be set up to check the anti-spam group's (RBL ?? or
is it RBS ??) database for "bad" IP addresses. They maintain a list
of mail servers that they have either found to be "open" or allow
relaying.

If your IP address has been flagged, this could be a reason.

Regards
Hall