[brlug-general] Mail to Earthlink

[Edmund Cramp]

That's a useful link.

Another diagnostic tool is to send a message to a test server - ideally one on the EarthLink network but we run a local server here - send a message to test at emgsrus.com and you'll get a reply back with a few minutes with a dump of the headers from the message that *you sent* - this way you get to see what your message looks like when it is received by the target mail server.

Regards
Edmund Cramp
-- 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at brlug.net 
> [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of Karthik 
> Poobalasubramanian
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 1:37 PM
> To: general at brlug.net
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Mail to Earthlink
> 
> Choppy,
> I doubt your server is blacklisted by RBLs. I usually use 
> mxtoolbox.com to check if any of my servers are blacklisted.
> http://www.mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx
> 
> A quick search on google got me to this page
> http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,18623205
> 
> Looks like it could be a bellsouth issue. If you can, try 
> sending a test email to the same recipient email through 
> gmail(or any other
> provider) I money is on bellsouth.
> 
> BTW. The search also yielded this result. I wonder how we can 
> implement the solution they have suggested.
> 
> http://help.bellsouth.net/bellsouth/asp/contentview.asp?UserTy
pe=DSL&source=2&sprt_cid=9e11d0a6-9cd7-422e-bcaf-> e1c31751c7fb&isbrowse=true
> 
> 
> Karthik
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/11/07, Edmund Cramp <eac at motion-labs.com> wrote:
> > How are you sending the email?  If you run a mail server 
> (sendmail, qmail etc) then you may find that you need to 
> retry undeliverable message by routing them through you ISPs 
> mail system.  This seems to be because some mail servers 
> check incoming mail against IP range black lists and will 
> automatically reject mail from Cox or BellSouth that 
> originates from within the network and not from the ISP mail 
> server.  Again, if you run your own server check that your IP 
> is not blacklisted anywhere.
> >
> > We run our own mail server on a Cox IP range and found that 
> retrying via the Cox mail forwarder seems to solve most of 
> these cases - also, if you set up your own DNS records then 
> make sure that they are squeaky clean.
> >
> > On a slightly related topic - I've just managed to drop our 
> incoming spam volume by about 30% by adding two 
> non-functional MX records with low priorities to our DNS 
> records.  This has drastically reduced the amount of junk 
> that was being delivered directly to the secondary mail server.
> >
> > Regards
> > Edmund Cramp
> > --
> >  "Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and 
> seas boiling!
> >  Forty years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead 
> rising from 
> > the  grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living 
> together... mass hysteria!"
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> Microsoft products.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: general-bounces at brlug.net
> > > [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On Behalf Of Chopin Cusachs
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:25 PM
> > > To: general at brlug.net
> > > Subject: [brlug-general] Mail to Earthlink
> > >
> > >
> > > My sister and several other members of the family have email 
> > > addresses at earthlink.net.
> > >
> > > I've been getting bounce notices like
> > >
> > > .net 007: This e-mail message was undeliverable due to 
> the following 
> > > reason:
> > >
> > > .net 015: The destination mail system was not reachable 
> withing the 
> > > allowed period.
> > >
> > > Note: This error message is usually due to one of the following 
> > > network problems:
> > > a. The recipient's mail system is turned off.
> > > b. The destination mail system is not currently running.
> > >
> > > Solution:
> > > Attempt to resend, or contact the recipient by alternate means to 
> > > let them know about the issue.
> > >
> > > Your message was not delivered within 3 days and 0 hours.
> > > Host earthlink.net is not responding.
> > >
> > > The following recipients did not receive this message:
> > >
> > > But the recipients have no trouble sending mail to me.  Anyone
> > > have a clue?   I don't doubt some spammer has been using my
> > > address, which may have triggered a spam blocker.  I 
> don't seem to 
> > > be able to contact them to ask that my messages to relatives be 
> > > allowed through.
> > >
> > > Choppy
> > >
> > >
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