Thank you Barry, you've hit the nail on the head, I will be using your solution to this problem, it's exactly what I need.
Thank you ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 4:36 AM Subject: Re[2]: [vchkpw] How can I hide my IP > This problem _could_ be legitimate ... > > I sometimes have a similar problem: When I'm travelling and access the > Net via, say, a Norwegian provider, but send emails with the "From" and > "Reply-to" headers set to my .co.uk home domain address, certain > emails never get to the intended recipients. > > Hotmail users in particular never receive my mails. My guess is that > hotmail does a reverse-lookup on the address and refuses it if it is > different (but I'm open to other suggestions!). > > So I got past that by using the server which hosts my domains as a SMTP > relay. Then all my mails get through. (I did have to use a different > port and SMTP AUTH because some providers redirect all outgoing port > 25 traffic to their own servers - not necessarily a bad thing as some > have virus filters etc. in place). > > > How about setting up a mail relay server in the country you're > supposed to be in. Then, according to your message below, you would > have no need to hide the IP address of your main server. > > > Regards, > Barry > > Tuesday, February 18, 2003, 5:16:52 PM, you wrote: > > bac> To clear up some judgement that are being made, the hiding of my IP is > bac> purely a protective measure NOT to send bulk email. My employer deals one on > bac> one with clients, however when the IP is displayed it identifies which > bac> country he is operating from and some of his agreements state that he must > bac> reside in a particular country to participate. > > > > >
