Re: gEDA-user: Stuart take a look

[Al Davis <ad82@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 14 January 2006 19:08, Marc wrote:
> <sdb@xxxxxxxxxx>: host mail.cloud9.net[168.100.1.9] said: 554
> Service unavailable; Client host [81.103.87.31] blocked using
> rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org (in reply to RCPT TO command)
>
> this was try number 4 today.

Looking at your headers....

You are on a cable model, with dynamic IP.  You have not 
properly configured your mail system.  It is sending directly, 
but you don't have a proper domain name.  Many systems are 
configured to reject mail that does not come from a proper 
server.

Another issue with yours is that the names don't match.  The 
name you give and your IP number do not relate to each other.

Stuart's ISP is overly aggressive about this.  It rejects even 
properly configured mail hosts if the IP number in certain 
subnets.  It rejects mine too, unless I let Comcast sensor it 
first.

You will have this problem with several of the mainstream 
providers, including AOL and Juno.  The reason they do this is 
spam and viruses.  Most spam and viruses come from compromised 
computers on dynamic IP's.  The headers look just like yours.

My system rejects all mail from hotmail, because they can't 
configure their system correctly, and the names don't match.  
The idiots have their relays configured so all of their mail 
looks like it came from a spambot.

The standard recommendation is that you send all mail through 
your provider's relay.  In your case, this is what you should 
do.  What I have (with a real domain name) is to send most mail 
directly, but go through the relay to certain destinations.