On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 07:38, Paul Varner wrote:
Tom Nielsen wrote:
I couldn't find out how it got on there other than since it was part of the Verizon DSL network, they assumed that anyone sending email directly must be a spammer. Shoot first and ask questions later. The guys that emailed me had a rather nasty tone to their email. I'll I'm doing is finding out how to correct the problem and they're coping a 'tude. Beats me.
Thanks for your feedback.
Tom,
You are not going to win that battle. It is their server and their rules. You are on the blocklist for the same reason that I am, there are way too many unsecured machines on the Verizon DSL network that are being abused to send spam, etc. The easiest way to get around the blocks is to configure your outgoing mail to go through Verizon's mail server. I don't remember the exact steps, but I was able to configure it using YaST2 without any issues. The other way around the blocklist is to pay Verizon for a business class connection and have then configure DNS and rDNS (The reverse DNS is actually the most important one) to point to the neuro-logic.com domain.
Paul - I'm running Verizon Business DSL and the business class dsl does not come with email options. I was sending email through my webhost, but just setup an email server and now shoot it out from here rather than going through my webhost. So neuro-logic.com points to my webhosting company. So I'm not sure if what you have said can be done??? I got them to remove me, but not without lengthy emails back and forth. They're a pretty pissed off bunch of folks over there. They admit that they can't tell the difference between the business and consumer verizon dsl services and just put blocks of IPs on their list on a daily basis and then wait for people to complain. At that point they'll take them off. The guy I spoke with kept saying I didn't have a static IP and I offered to fax him the contract from Verizon saying here's your IP and you can keep it as long as you are with us. That seemed to make a difference. The funny part of this whole thing is that the only place that has rejected my email is linuxmail.org, my personal account. I work with huge companies all over the world as well as intelligence organizations and the little company out of the Netherlands is blocking me from my own personal account. ???? At least I got them to remove me. I find the real interesting part is that they don't check to see if someone is a spammer first, but just block a whole range of IPs then make people argue their case. Thanks, Tom -- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com