jason hirsh:
> inet 209.160.68.112 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 209.255.255.255
Well that explains everything. With this, your machine believes
that all IP addresses in 209.* are on the local subnet.
> > If the netmask is mis-configured (say, 0xff000000) then that explains
> > why we see no responses to connection attempts from 209.85.210.182
> > (and other 209.* IP addresses).
> >
> > FYI this means that no-one in 209.* would be able to connect to
> > your web server as well.
> I am more then a little confused in that I have in fact received
> mail from that google server
>
> an example from message header is
>
> "Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com
> [74.125.83.54]) by tuna.theoceanwindow-bv.com (Postfix) with ESMTP
> id 11AB65C23 for <ja...@kasdivi.com>; Sat, 14 May 2011 22:37:41
> -0400 (EDT)"
>
Indeed. Have you noticed that this is 74.125.83.54?
You will never receive a connection from 209.* until you fix
that IP netmask from 0xff000000.
Wietse
