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

Christoph Kliemt wrote:

>Toralf Lund <toralf@???> writes:
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>>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.
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>No. They are blocked by RBLs, not by mailheader.
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Yes, probably; my description was a bit inaccurate here.

I always thought that RBL checks would typically also consult addresses
in headers in some way, though, but perhaps I was wrong?


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>>I'd be interested in hearing how other people address this issue. Is
>>there a way out of it at all, except from obtaining a fixed IP address
>>from the ISP, or send messages via their mail server by reconfiguring
>>the MUA e.g. after moving a machine from the office to an Internet
>>connection @ home?
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>Our mailserver (fixed ip) does not accept eMails from DULs (knock on
>wood) since 60% to 80% SPAM come from DULs.
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>So my advice is: get a fixed ip with correct DNS-entries, or use an
>"official" relay with "ESMTP AUTH" or "SMTP after POP".
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- Toralf