Re: [exim] Please help with getting out of RBL hell

On 12/2/05, Daevid Vincent <daevid@???> wrote:
> Hello. I run Gentoo and Exim 4.54 on my home cable modem. I'm getting
> increasingly frustrated with this RBL shit. Many ISPs (AOL, earthlink,
> _eximlist_ etc.) are blocking mail from my domain simply because I
> happen to be on a Comcast (Seattle, WA) dynamic IP. UGH!

Welcome to the reality of life.. If you decide to live in a
neighborhood known for crime, don't be surprised if you're labeled a
criminal at some point. Same with email - you're on a residential
connection and mail eminating from dynamic IP's are mostly viruses &
spam, so don't be surprised if you're blocked.

I too run a server on Comcast that sends mail and I realize I can't
send mail directly to other servers. I have no problem with that. If I
did, I would upgrade to a better service where I could have custom
rDNS and assurances that my ISP would do their best to remove IP's
from the dyanmic IP BL's.

> I am researching ways to get around this BS.
> The two I've found (and I'm open to ideas on any others)

Why not use Comcast's smarthost? That IS a mail server admin's first
plan of attack. I've not had many problems with using their smarthost
- except Hotmail is blocking them due to Hotmail's own issues, but
that's another story.

The FAQ has a pointer to set this up that was very helpful when I first started.

> Also, is it possible to setup Exim such that these services to only take
> effect for the problematic ISPs -- in other words, can I

Why bother? Do it right for everyone and you won't have to play "let's
reconfigure the server" when a site starts refusing mail from dynamic
IP's? :)

Keep in mind that if Comcast was doing their part correctly, you would
not be able to send mail in the first place since port 25 would be
blocked.

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HTH, YMMV, HANW :)

Jason