On Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:57:03 PST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:34:23 PST, Steve Witt writes: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >>> SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> host smtp.flashcom.net.criticalpath.net [209.228.150.115]: >>> 553 To send mail, first check your mail with a valid POP account; this p >re >>>vents unauthorized SPAM relaying. (#5.7.1) >>you have >>two options: >>- run fetchmail before you flush your queue >[snip] >>- do not relay, deliver yourself > >Might the latter run afoul of the MAPS (www.mail-abuse.org) dialup >list (DUL), maybe resulting in mail not being delivered? I haven't >looked into this too closely yet, as I don't do direct to MX delivery >at the moment, but that is the way it has read when I have glanced at >the webpages. If so then it is A Bad Thing, IMO, and hurts legitimate >users as well as spammers; they might as well hang out a white flag.
It might, but whether your ISPs dialup-addresses are actually DUL-listed is best tried trial&error (or looked up on their page if that´s possible). >I guess another option would be to patch your MTA to do a POP check >first, and then send outgoing mail. I remember seeing about this on this list, check the archives. &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 /
