From: . kibble . (jelly_bean_junkyhotmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 20 2004 - 11:20:51 CST

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That is one solution, but if there is a problem higher up in the chain [i.e.
at the ISP SMTP Server] you may find your self stuck with your ISP's mail
settings unless you get them to forward any out going emails coming from
your IP regardless?

Not looked at it that way before though, makes me think about all the other
possibilities that you could have, very possible and a valid solution to get
around the problem of emails been blocked by public assigned IP's? Perhaps
you can configure your MTA to route all other email traffic normally apart
from the known email address/domains that won't accept emails coming from a
publicly assigned IP? Kinda a hybrid mixture of the two... I know Exim can
do this, and most likely Postfix & Sendmail...

*thinks*

----Original Message Follows----
From: Kevin <kkadowgmail.com>
Reply-To: Kevin <kkadowgmail.com>
To: ". kibble ." <jelly_bean_junkyhotmail.com>
CC: briancubik.ca, dfeustelmindspring.com
Subject: Re: spam pattern
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:09:45 -0600

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:54:13 +0000, . kibble .
<jelly_bean_junkyhotmail.com> wrote:
> My advice is do what I did, contact the Internet providers you are
thinking
> of going with, ask if you can host DNS and SMTP services without
> restrictions. I know some ISP's here in the UK will allow you to host a
SMTP
> service, but once you have your DSL line activated, you have to request
that
> they unblock your port 25.

Even if your ISP permits you to host a mail server, there are many
DNSBL lists which publish a list of home cablemodem, DSL and other
dynamically assigned address ranges, and many mail servers which will
refuse TCP/25 inbound connections originating from addresses on these
lists.

If you can get an address in a range designated for business/static
usage, those address blocks are not usually included in the block
lists of "dynamic IP" ranges, though if you get an address previously
assigned to a spammer, or are in a block shared with a spammer, you
might still find problems sending email out directly to remote mail
servers.

The optimal solution for these issues is to relay via your ISP.

Kevin

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