smtp.vodacom.co.za

I make use of the spamcop service, http://www.spamcop.net/, I always report every single spam email that i receive. Sometimes up to about 5 per day. I have in the past received spam from smtp.vodacom.co.za, every single one of these emails, reported to spamcop.

Reporting unsolicited email to spamcop feeds other ISP spam filtering systems. This in turn causes some smtp servers to get black listed.
 
Is anyone else experiencing problems with sending mail using smtp.vodacom.co.za ?

I cant send mail today disconnected a few times to grab a new IP.
I can ping the server but it doesnt send mail.

Help plz

Ok I switched it to smtp.vodamail.co.za and that worked.
Whats up with smtp.vodacom.co.za v3g ?

BTW I called helpdesk (155) about 10min before posting and I'm still holding.
30min still holding....
 
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Vodacom SMTP Sucks

Well last week it was blacklisted and today it is just plain broken. I have some urgent emails to send off and well, no luck. For crying in bucket why
is this such a difficulty the concept of "reliable email" seems to escape them.

:mad: :mad: :mad:

Ok thats the end of my rant, I feel *slightly* better now.
 
Crap, sorry I should not have started a new thread I see it has allready been discussed elsewhere.
 
Hi 3gmac, I have the solution to your problem! Get a gmail email account :P

Pm me if you're interested.
 
bullfrog said:
Hi 3gmac, I have the solution to your problem! Get a gmail email account :P

Pm me if you're interested.
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as much as that is a solution to his problem its still doesnt answer his 2nd question, why is reliable fast email such a rare thing? it seems if you dont have your own smtp server on a diginet line you pretty much have no hope in hell
 
Bullfrog Is The Man

bullfrog said:
Hi 3gmac, I have the solution to your problem! Get a gmail email account :P

Pm me if you're interested.
Click to expand...

Just signed up with Gmail.
Brilliant, works really well - and it is only slightly slower than vodacom's piece of trash server. Thanks Bullfrog :) :)
 
Glad I could be of help :D

The problem with a shared mail server is it's totally out of your control. So if a user decides to spam the world the server will get blaclisted and your emails will get deleted by the recipients server. As much as the ISP tries to prevent this there will almost always be issues like that because it's out of their control. There are some preventative measures that they can take but none of them are full proof.

I have learned never to use email accounts that ISP's give you because if you want to start using a different ISP you're kind of stuck. Appart from that, very few of them can give any sort of reliable service in terms of email. So now I either use the free and fast services like google, who I know have thousands of computers interlinked in such a way that they will almost never go down or just use the mail server on my own server :p
 
bullfrog said:
I have learned never to use email accounts that ISP's give you because if you want to start using a different ISP you're kind of stuck.
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I do not use there pop email, but for sending mail I have always been stuck using the ISP's smtp server. Of course this really sucks because when you change networks on your laptop from ADSL to 3G you then have to change your mail settings everytime which is a hassle. At least this will not be needed anymore!
 
For sure,

We're also busy checking why we suddenly had two blacklistings in the last two weeks. It's been very clean for the last year.

Some bugger probably found a rule we've not yet got in place, but another server out there knows about. The guys are following up.
 
V3G I think the problem is back.


Task Sending' reported error (0x80042109) : 'Outlook is unable to connect to your outgoing (SMTP) e-mail server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

ping smtp.vodacom.co.za

Pinging smtp.vodacom.co.za [196.11.146.148] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 196.11.146.148:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

tracert smtp.vodacom.co.za

Tracing route to smtp.vodacom.co.za [196.11.146.148]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 110 ms 119 ms 100 ms 10.113.238.162
2 414 ms 119 ms 119 ms 10.113.238.162
3 133 ms 130 ms 119 ms 10.113.46.1
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * *
 
The friendly name for that ip reports like this on Nslookup; not sure if its got something to do with the problem.

Name: mx1.vodamail.co.za
Address: 196.11.146.148
 
PPP adapter 3G Only - Huawei - Internet Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.49.164.170
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.49.164.170
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 196.207.32.69
196.43.45.190
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 10.11.12.13
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 10.11.12.14
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled


C:\>ping smtp.vodacom.co.za

Pinging smtp.vodacom.co.za [196.11.146.148] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 196.11.146.148: bytes=32 time=134ms TTL=248
Reply from 196.11.146.148: bytes=32 time=109ms TTL=248
Reply from 196.11.146.148: bytes=32 time=123ms TTL=248
Reply from 196.11.146.148: bytes=32 time=123ms TTL=248

Ping statistics for 196.11.146.148:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 109ms, Maximum = 134ms, Average = 122ms


C:\>ping smtp.vodamail.co.za

Pinging smtp.vodamail.co.za [196.11.146.148] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 196.11.146.148: bytes=32 time=138ms TTL=248
Reply from 196.11.146.148: bytes=32 time=119ms TTL=248
Reply from 196.11.146.148: bytes=32 time=119ms TTL=248
Reply from 196.11.146.148: bytes=32 time=119ms TTL=248

Ping statistics for 196.11.146.148:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 119ms, Maximum = 138ms, Average = 123ms

C:\>telnet smtp.vodacom.co.za 25
Connecting To smtp.vodacom.co.za...Could not open connection to the host, on por
t 25: Connect failed

C:\>telnet smtp.vodamail.co.za 25
Connecting To smtp.vodamail.co.za...Could not open connection to the host, on po
rt 25: Connect failed

C:\>
 
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Anyone else unable to send mail today? What can I do to get my mails out?
 
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