Quoting Jason Sievert <jsievert at jsievert.net>: > Hey guys, got a problem that I wonder if any of the home email server > people have found a way around. I host my own email/web site from home > off of a comcast cable connection and came across this in my mail logs > last night. > > Nov 11 04:58:05 [postfix/smtp] 2E97CB2479: host > mailin-02.mx.aol.com[64.12.137.121] refused to talk to me: 554- (RTR:BB) > http://postmaster.info.aol.com/errors/554rtrbb.html 554- AOL does not > accept e-mail transactions from dynamic or residential 554- IP > addresses. 554 Connecting IP: 66.41.162.51 > Nov 11 04:58:05 [postfix/smtp] 2E97CB2479: to=<xxxxxxx at aol.com>, > relay=mailin-03.mx.aol.com[64.12.137.152], delay=16717, status=deferred > (host mailin-03.mx.aol.com[64.12.137.152] refused to talk to me: 554- > (RTR:BB) http://postmaster.info.aol.com/errors/554rtrbb.html 554- AOL > does not accept e-mail transactions from dynamic or residential 554- IP > addresses. 554 Connecting IP: 66.41.162.51) > > I know what this means but is their a way around it? > > Thanks all, > Jason > As you likely know, AOL and others use a variey of blacklists, including lists of residentiall assigned IP blocks, to help lower their spam count, the rationale being that anything not going through an ISP mail server from a home user must be zombie-spam. To get around this you can either set up your ISP's SMTP servers as a smarthost for your mail server, or you can host your mail somewhere else, either a colo or a virtual linux host which is popular today. I run my mailserver from a virutal linux host, in my case I believe they run user mode linux, to get around this fact. I think I pay $20.00/month for this service, and it's kind of cool to have a host somewhere else to play with. Josh _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list