Re: POP Before SMTP

[tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tim Gillen)]

Thanks John,

I am filtering using blackholes. I'll check the logs.

Tim


On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 05:37  pm, John Sievert wrote:

> Are you filtering using blackholes?  Many of the blackholes list the dynamic
> ip addresses ranges of many of the ISPs since no real server should have a
> dynamic ip.
>
> The other problem is that large amounts of spam come from China and other
> points in the far east.  This can cause them to be blacklisted in an RBL.
> That could also be the other reason.
>
> What you can do is to cat the log and grep it for the users email address.
> This will show you the relevant entries that pertain to that transaction.
>
> J
>
> On 10/24/03 11:30a, "Tim Gillen" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Am having problems with a user in China trying to send mail through our
> > mail server in the UK. Relay mail is restricted, POP before SMTP is
> > enabled, and the user has a valid account on the Post.Office server.
> > She can retrieve mail, but the mail server will not let her send mail.
> >
> > The router in the China office does not have a static IP address. Could
> > this be causing the issue? Any ideas?
> >
> > Tim Gillen
> > Polardreams International Ltd
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