Hello Steve
> [...snip...]
> > Problem: Mail server works fine. I am able to send and
> recieve mails through
> > this mail server. everything works fine. able to
> subscribe to ilugc from
> > x.com , able to send and receive mails from gmail.
> >
> > But there are certain domains such as hotmail, yahoo,
> rocketmail, ymail and
> > also certain companies which reject all the mails sent
> from the user at
> > x.com.
> >
> > For example all mails sent from [email protected]
> to any hotmail, yahoo,
> > ymail, rcoketmail and certain company mail ids are
> rejected.
> >
> > I analyzed the issue and found out mails originating
> from dynamic ips, IPs
> > not listed and approved by the companies that sell
> spam protection software
> > such as trend micro are rejected.
> >
> ...and they are right in doing so, since it makes sense to
> not trust mail that claims to originate from a domain whose
> MX record does not exist or whose originating IP does not
> resolve to the claimed domain.
>
> Now, there are few ways to avoid being treated as spam. For
> example:
>
> a. Get a static IP for your net connection and set up a dns
> to point to this IP as being authoritative for your domain
> (including the MX record).
>
> b. Get a external hosted domain to be the mail server for
> your domain.
>
> c. Configure an external server (possibly your ISP, ie:
> BSNL, itself) as a smarthost (http://en.wikipedia..org/wiki/Smart_host)
>
> d. Use a dynamic dns service for your DSL connection that
> lets you set up an MX record too (eg:
> http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/howto.html)
Thanks steve. Your detailed mail is helpful.
But i think there is no guarantee that using static IP will resolve the issue.
I'll try your other options first.
B. Dhuruvan
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