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tbullard	Posted: Aug 30 2003, 10:49 PM
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Member No.: 402 Joined: 22-December 02	TimeWarner/AOL have apparently blocked their users from recv e-mails from any dynamic IP address in the name of preventing spam. I am running xMail on my home server and have just recently starting getting e-mails I've sent to friends who use TimeWarner/AOL, returned to me with a a message indicating that it had been rejected by the reciepents IPS. WHen I contacted Time Warner - they indicated that they where blocking any e-mail from a dynamic IP UNLESS it's one of their business accounts. I am a TimeWarner user and they indicated that if I upgraded to a business account (which costs more) my e-mails would no longer by rejected. Any body have any ideas on a way around this? tia - tbullard

dfitch	Posted: Aug 31 2003, 02:44 AM
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 117 Member No.: 475 Joined: 28-February 03	Yep, Thats starting to get more common. Try This. SMTPGW.TAB "domain"[TAB]"smtp-gateway"[NEWLINE] See: http://www.xmailserver.org/Readme.html#smtpgw.tab D

tbullard	Posted: Aug 31 2003, 05:11 AM
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Member No.: 402 Joined: 22-December 02	1st - thanks for the reply - I do appreciate it 2nd - I looked at the ref you gave and am a little confused :-( The example lists "domain"[TAB]"smtp-gateway"[NEWLINE] Examples: "foo.example.com" "@xmailserver.org" My question is: If my domain name is www.mydomain.com then the entry would be "mydomain.com" "??????" What would I put in the smtp-gateway portion? Would this be the smtp server that I use if I where sending e-mail via the e-mail address I got from TimeWarner/AOL. I'm just not sure what to use for that portion of the entry - tia - tbullard

tbullard	Posted: Aug 31 2003, 06:04 AM
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Member No.: 402 Joined: 22-December 02	A workaround - I tried using the SMTPGW>TAB file and no matter what I entered it did not seem to matter.I did however go back and re-read the manual for the server tab and used TimeWarners smtp server as the smtp gateway - this seems to work. I can send to my own TimeWarner/AOL account (where as before it was getting returned) and it still looks as if it was coming from my XMAIL server. Anyway - thanks for all your help..... tbullard

dfitch	Posted: Aug 31 2003, 06:40 AM
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 117 Member No.: 475 Joined: 28-February 03	Example of what you could have done. "rr.com"[tab]"TimeWarners smtp server " Glad u got it solved. D

tbullard	Posted: Aug 31 2003, 06:10 PM
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Member No.: 402 Joined: 22-December 02	Just for my own sake - I went back - changed my server.tab back to it's original state and modified my smtpgw.tab per your instructions and that also worked :-) thanks for all your help!!! - tbullard

rabel	Posted: Sep 6 2003, 05:59 PM
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 39 Member No.: 592 Joined: 24-May 03	I had this same issue with Time Warner Road Runner, but fixed it as specified above. This is working fine for single e-mails I send through one of my personal accounts. I have just now started to use mailing lists and this work around doesn't seem to work for messages sent to mailing lists. Shouldn't the gateway still be used with mailing lists, or do I need to configure something else? Randy

hschneider	Posted: Sep 7 2003, 09:20 AM
No - I'm not an answering script ... Group: Admin Posts: 6631 Member No.: 195 Joined: 19-June 02	Clear smtpgw.tab and use smtpfwd.tab to forward all traffic to a SMTP server with a static IP. -------------------- Bye, Harald -- Download XMail Queue Manager 1.46 NOW: XMail Server Tools -- Cross platform remote queue management! -- Message analyzing on the fly! -- Builtin diagnostics knowledge base! -- Manages multiple mail queues! Sponsored by CD-Produktion und DVD-Produktion and Homestaging Saarland - Immobilien schneller verkaufen in der Region Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz und Luxembourg

rabel	Posted: Sep 12 2003, 02:49 PM
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 39 Member No.: 592 Joined: 24-May 03	Thank you! This works great.

mroctober	Posted: Sep 30 2003, 05:00 PM
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Member No.: 653 Joined: 9-July 03	How do I block spam sent from Dynamic IP addresses like AOL/RR? I'm using relays.ordb.org and relays.visi.com lists, but still am getting a lot of spams sent from dynamic IP addresses.

hschneider	Posted: Oct 1 2003, 12:49 PM
No - I'm not an answering script ... Group: Admin Posts: 6631 Member No.: 195 Joined: 19-June 02	You can only use these or further listservices. There is no solution which stops dynip spam to 100%. -------------------- Bye, Harald -- Download XMail Queue Manager 1.46 NOW: XMail Server Tools -- Cross platform remote queue management! -- Message analyzing on the fly! -- Builtin diagnostics knowledge base! -- Manages multiple mail queues! Sponsored by CD-Produktion und DVD-Produktion and Homestaging Saarland - Immobilien schneller verkaufen in der Region Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz und Luxembourg

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