Re: [exim] MessageLabs: 501 Connection rejected by policy [7…

Ken West wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Thanks for your prompt response and your offer of help. I have to confess
> that I use Postfix rather than Exim, so I hope that doesn't disqualify me!

Not at all... I used for a while myself. And can remeber times when Weitse, Sam,
and Dan B were hashing over finer points of smtp - on Sam's courier-mta list.

smtp is - by necessity - a place where we all must cooperate.

>
> With your blessing I'll send you a copy of the email that MessageLabs is
> choking on.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Ken

Received and replied to with advice in re format issues.

Your problem is perhaps in the MUA's choice of composition format.

html works well for web pages, but smtp is less predictable.

Some MTA are configured to tolerate html well, others not at all.

Try a 'proper' plain-text message w/o attachments, and see if MessageLabs smack
THAT one...

Regards,

Bill

>
>
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:31:48 you wrote:
>> Ken West wrote:
>>> Dear W B Hacker,
>>>
>>> I saw your post on the exim-users thread, as I too am having this problem
>>> with MessageLabs. Could I send an email to your test address to see
>>> what's happening?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Ken West
>>>
>>
>> Certainly!
>>
>> I am quite pleased to have any genuine Exim 'seeker of knowledge' send
>> test messages to me.
>>
>> If rejected and you need a log report in addition to whatever rudeness my
>> message supplied, you may have to contact me by some other MTA that has
>> better credentials..
>>
>> Obviously the one you used just now works fine:
>>
>> Spam Score, 0.0, user limit 1
>>
>> Since adopting strict rDNS checks, the server seldom rises above 1% load.
>>
>> If I don't soon find more honest work for it, it may think it is a US
>> Government Employee, join their union, and vote for an Obamanation.
>>
>> Given that it is resident in the Peoples Republic of China, I doubt that
>> would fly well...
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> Bill
>>
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