ITWeb article - blocked mail

[CommuniCat]

I've just seen an article on ITWeb where an industry association is warning that the entire ADSL ip address range has been blocked by international anti-spam servers. See (http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2004/0402091211.asp?O=FPL).

Some Telkom spokesman says that if you are using a "legitimate" ISP and "legitimate" mail account you should not have any problems.

But not too long ago, I tried to send a mail to one of my clients (ADSL + Outlook Express + WorldOnline).

The mail did not go through, but bounced back with this message:

554 Service unavailable; [196.25.240.73] blocked using
bl.spamcop.net,
> > reason: Blocked - see http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?196.25.240.73

So I ran nslookup of that IP address. No prizes for guessing that the IP address was linked to ctb-mesg1.saix.net. In other words, looks like "legitimate" mail can also be bounced by the blacklisting servers.

Anyone else had similar problems?

 

[HR]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by CommuniCat</i>
<br />I've just seen an article on ITWeb where an industry association is warning that the entire ADSL ip address range has been blocked by international anti-spam servers. See (http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2004/0402091211.asp?O=FPL).

Some Telkom spokesman says that if you are using a "legitimate" ISP and "legitimate" mail account you should not have any problems.

But not too long ago, I tried to send a mail to one of my clients (ADSL + Outlook Express + WorldOnline).

The mail did not go through, but bounced back with this message:

554 Service unavailable; [196.25.240.73] blocked using
bl.spamcop.net,
&gt; &gt; reason: Blocked - see http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?196.25.240.73

So I ran nslookup of that IP address. No prizes for guessing that the IP address was linked to ctb-mesg1.saix.net. In other words, looks like "legitimate" mail can also be bounced by the blacklisting servers.

Anyone else had similar problems?
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Yes we were block from ABSA mail, and from Telkomsa.net mail. Now we ca't even access Absa internet banking.[!]

 

[Elax]

Try setting your smtp server to 196.25.240.94

 

[neobyte]

I can't say I've had any trouble sending email. I use telkomsa as my ISP. I use the saix smtp server to send.

 

[mithrandi]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I've just seen an article on ITWeb where an industry association is warning that the entire ADSL ip address range has been blocked by international anti-spam servers.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Why does this stupidity continue to persist? Of COURSE it's blocked; it's a freaking dial-up residential address range! Also, anti-spam servers don't block anything, they just provide lists. Whether postmasters choose to consult those lists when deciding whether to accept mail or not is their business.

<hr noshade size="1">mithrandi, i Ainil en-Balandor, a faer Ambar

 

[Rhino]

Mweb constantly seem to be having this problem, and the "support" team does not know what its all about!! Typical mweb

 

[Karnaugh]

Why dont you just go to that site and have the address removed, or request a retest?

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