[NTLK] [ADMIN] Earthlink blocking NewtonTalk messages

[Ken Whitcomb]

Hi Grant,
There are some postmasters (including most notably, Craigslist) that  
consider mail coming from MTAs that are not identified "properly" in  
their host name, even if it is a static IP address. In other words,  
they'll block messages that come from a host identified by something  
like XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX at myisp.com (where the Xs represent your IP  
address. Your system might very well look like a computer that's been  
taken over by a trojan horse, or other malware. If EL and MindSpring  
Postmasters are doing what CL is doing, you'll need to talk to your  
ISP and have them change the broadcast host name of your IP address to  
something appropriate such as XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX at newtontalk.net instead  
of having their domain in the host name. As much of a pain as it is,  
it's basically the next step for the ISPs to take in order to reduce  
the spam traffic on their network.
Maybe it is something else, but this sounds exactly like a problem  
I've been dealing with lately.
ken

On Dec 6, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Grant Hutchinson wrote:

> Hello list.
>
> I have just discovered that the mouthbreathing idiots over at
> Earthlink have flagged the NewtonTalk mail server as a "Dynamic/
> zombied/spam" domain. How this occurred is anyone's guess, as the
> NewtonTalk IP address does not appear on any known email or spam
> blacklists.
>
> What this means is that members of the list with earthlink.net or
> mindspring.com have not received any messages since we switched over
> to the new server. Sigh.
>
> I have just started the process of contacting the Earthlink
> braintrust, so wish me luck.
>
>
> g.
>
> ......................................................................
>
>
> Grant Hutchinson
> NewtonTalk List Dad & Web Custodian
>
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