Re[6]: [vps-mail] Dramatic increase of spam during last days

[Abigail Marshall <abigail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

GS> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:03:10 -0700, Abigail Marshall <abigail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
GS> wrote:

>> Godwin, I don't know what you are doing, but I have my
>> servers configured to ONLY allow SMTP AUTH;

GS> Same here:
GS> Using blackholes.five-ten-sg.com:

GS> FEATURE(`dnsbl',`blackholes.five-ten-sg.com',`"Mail rejected - blackholes.five-ten-sg.com"')

Question -- off topic, but I'm curious -- why do you use a
blacklist that you know lists all Verio IPs?  I mean, as a
verio reseller you know that that list is bound to block a
lot of legit email.

GS> Without changing the configuration one iota, trying to relay a mail through
GS> the vps2:

GS>  Connecting to SMTP server: my_vps2 ...
GS> [11:59:37] SMTP< 220 my_vps2 ESMTP - DO NOT SPAM ADDRESSES ON THIS SERVER. Spam will be reported to the authorities.
[11:59:37] ESMTP>> EHLO dragonfly.bonivet.net

How are you getting this dialogue? I simply have my email
program configured to perform SMTP Authentication - but all
I have to do is "send". If the IP is blocklisted, then as
soon as I do that, I get a pop-up message that says "Message
has not been sent" and gives me the reason it is
blocked.

I realize that this is a function of the way my email
program works -- but the bottom line is that if the
blocklist picks up the IP that I happen to be assigned, I
get blocked. I honestly don't know why it would be different
for you.

-Abigail




GS> [11:59:37] ESMTP< 250-my_vps2 Hello mail.bonivet.net [81.56.185.133], pleased to meet you
GS> [11:59:37] ESMTP< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
GS> [11:59:37] ESMTP< 250-PIPELINING
GS> [11:59:37] ESMTP< 250-8BITMIME
GS> [11:59:37] ESMTP< 250-SIZE
GS> [11:59:37] ESMTP< 250-DSN
GS> [11:59:37] ESMTP< 250-ETRN
GS> [11:59:37] ESMTP< 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
GS> [11:59:37] ESMTP< 250-DELIVERBY
GS> [11:59:37] ESMTP< 250 HELP
[11:59:37] ESMTP>> AUTH LOGIN
GS> [11:59:37] ESMTP< 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
[11:59:37] ESMTP>> [USERID]
GS> [11:59:38] ESMTP< 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
[11:59:38] ESMTP>> [PASSWORD]
GS> [11:59:38] ESMTP< 235 2.0.0 OK Authenticated
[11:59:38] SMTP>> MAIL FROM:<gstewart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
GS> [11:59:38] SMTP< 250 2.1.0 <gstewart@xxxxxxxxxxx>... Sender ok
[11:59:38] SMTP>> RCPT TO:<lugtouraine@xxxxxxx>
GS> [11:59:38] SMTP< 250 2.1.5 <lugtouraine@xxxxxxx>... Recipient ok
[11:59:38] SMTP>> DATA
GS> [11:59:39] SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
[11:59:39] SMTP>> . (EOM)
GS> [11:59:39] SMTP< 250 2.0.0 i7Q9xcjx013696 Message accepted for delivery
[11:59:39] SMTP>> QUIT
GS> [11:59:39] SMTP< 221 2.0.0 resmo.com closing connection

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