[plug] Blacklisted mail server?

Mike Holland myk.list at westnet.com.au
Fri May 5 17:58:42 WST 2006


Adrian Woodley wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> 
> I've looked into your problem a bit more - our mail filters will generally drop connections from IPs listed as dynamic (as yours is). 

Isn't that just plain wrong?  Both with internet protocol standards, and 
ethics.
   They should give an error message with explanation first. e.g. 
postfix says:

554 Service unavailable; Client host [xxx.xxx] blocked using
 >     dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net; Dynamic IP Addresses See:
 >     http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?[xxx.xxx]

So at least the poor guys know whats happening.




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