Hello all, my ISP has just written to all it's customers noting that SuSE mailing lists are being blocked because the mailers that they are sent from are listed as open relays/an open relay by the ORDB, a black list of some description. This is quite a problem for me as I use SuSE a lot at work and home. Presumably this is a mistake of some sorts and can be rectified. Does anybody have anyideas as to whom to contact? Please reply to al@fairford.co.uk, as I can't receive the mailling lists for the moment. ISP's email is quoted below. TIA Al
I've received a query from one of our users who is no longer receiving email sent to SuSE mailing lists.
I've checked our logs and discovered that these are now being blocked as SuSE's mailing lists are being sent out via an open mail relay which is being blocked as it's listed by ORDB.
Our policy here is to refuse to accept email connections from known open relays.
SuSE's use of an open mail relay is a surprise to me however the problem here is clearly with SuSE and they are the ones who must remedy it.
Until they do so their mailing lists will be getting lots of bounces and not just from us - ORDB checks are very common.
I recommend you complain to SuSE if this affects you.