Hi, On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:34:03 +0100 Paul Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Pardon me while I expose my ignorance. What's a smarthost, and given > > me by which provider? All I get from my so-called ISP is a wire with > > an IP address, or do you mean dyndns? > > It's your ISPs outbound smtp server. The idea is you can set your MTA to > forward all outbound mail to it and it'll handle delivery to the final > destination. As it has a static IP it's supposed to be more reputable (for > lack of a better word) than your smtp server on a dynamic IP address. > > Personally I'm not a big fan, I prefer having direct control over any queued > mail and anything that goes out from a box of mine. As do I, though I'm a bit more discriminating as to what my box will accept; just try getting your ISP to use SpamAssassin or to drop traffic from open proxies and relays, or other misconfigured boxes. While it's not always an option depending on your budget and location, you really ought to have a static IP address if you're going to operate a mail server. Also, you really need to configure smarthosting, even if you send mail directly, because you never know when RoadRunner, et. al. will arbitrarily block your mail solely because it comes from a DSL connection[1]. It's best to have a tested contingency plan for rerouting outbound mail because complaining about being inadvertently blacklisted doesn't get the mail delivered. -- Bob [1] Never mind that my network is a static allocation with correct whois (domain contacts & SWIP), proper forward DNS, RFC-compliant abuse reporting addresses (not listed on RFCI), and no open relays or proxies as verified by RR's persistent port-scanning. Never mind that both RR customers and I explained the situation to RR's security department and asked for them to whitelist my network (to no effect.) Never mind that RR's mail acceptance policy changes on a daily basis and it's never clear what hoops you need to jump through to get mail into RR. I smarthosted only the RR-bound mail through SBC's mail servers (though not everything since I don't trust any ISP's mail system, given week-long outages with ALGX/Hosting.com and given RR's behavior above.) Adding the line: .rr.com smtp:smtp.sbcglobal.net to /etc/postfix/transport worked around RR's broken policy long enough to SBC to delegate rDNS for my /29 and for me to adjust my nameservers to take advantage of it. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
