Re: [Exim] localhost as SMTP server again: Dynamic IP adress…

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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To: Toralf Lund
CC: Exim Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Exim] localhost as SMTP server again: Dynamic IP adresses being blocked
Toralf Lund [1/7/2004 4:24 PM] :

> There is of course a different, perhaps more serious, problem with using
> localhost as SMTP server setting in the MUA (see previous thread): It
> could mean that dynamically assigned IP addresses are listed in
> Received, and some receiver's don't like that; they block all messages
> from addresses in dynamic ranges, at least if they belong to a major ISP.


Nobody will block that unless the CONNECTING ip address (the smarthost
you use) is a dynamic IP

If you feel paranoid about it, set up an ssh tunnel to a shell you have
someplace with a static IP, and forward localhost:25 on the shell to
localhost:2525 or whatever on your box.

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