I think one of the things hotmail does is reverse lookup on mx record, ie: I'm running smtp on my laptop and any of my mails does not come through but when I sending it via proper mx smtp its all ok.
On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 07:54, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > On Wednesday 16 April 2003 03:54, Andy Gardner wrote: > > We have an smtp server that delivers mail to hotmail fine (well, their > > server says it's been accepted) but it never reaches it's destination > > mailbox. > > > > A while back someone sent a spam with a fake reply address that pointed to > > a domain whose mail is handled by that machine. > > > > Anyone know what spam blocking serveices Hotmail uses and where I need to > > go to check if that server is listed? > > Hmm. IIRC hotmail uses some commercial anti-spam tool (which is far less > effective than spamassassin or any of the other tools...), google .groups in > news.admin.net-abuse.email, I can't remember the name right now. > > I've no idea how this helps you solving your problem. Probably a case for > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (but there's a chance that this will just prolong the > blocking, given the average cluelessness of their abuse desk). Perhaps asking > in the newsgroup I mentioned will provide a solution - lots of clueful people > there. > > -- vbi
